Howdy from Havana ,Illinois.

 On Saturday, October 10, 2020 a friend and I made plans to railfan around Galesburg but due to a train in the yard pulling out enroute to the Barstow Subdivision we ended up chasing the BNSF H-GALGFD northward catching it at Lynn Center and Joslin, Illinois. It had one CAT equipment on it, an interesting reefer and a Chicago Northwestern hopper. I took a few shots of the cars that caught my eye in the yard. We filmed it from a bridge at Lynn Center before catching her again in Joslin, Illinois. We also would go to Colona and Barstow and catch an approaching Quad Cities local and later on its return trip. We caught her pulling through Colona and in the evening saw her depart Barstow, Illinois where the yard is. Colona: Barstow:  Video: We also caught it again at Rio, Illinois. Then we braved the mess of a construction currently going on in the Quad Cities and go chase after a departing CP 475 train with Heritage CP 7010 leading. We catch her at Pleasant Valley, Iowa north of Davenport.

 On the morning of September 5, 2020 decided to get away and head out to the Quad Cities. I originally had planned a day of exploring and filming trains at the Quad Cities and even checked out Barstow which was dead as usual with only a few idle locomotives. I noticed from the Highway 5 bridge over the Iowa Interstate Silvis yard a long train facing east. I go to investigate to see a lead NS unit behind trees departing and a horn blow that it was probably going to start a Peoria, Illinois run . I told my friend who helped me put out a heads up in a group for others in the Peoria railroad Facebook page and thus the chase began.  I decided to follow it to Peoria around Genesso as I wanted video and pictures which I am about to post. Colona, Illinois: Barstow, Illinois: (BNSF) Annawan, Illinois:  Mineral, Illinois: The train stopped here for a bit to what appeared to be picking up a buffer car off a siding before resuming the Peoria run. After Mineral I head to the next town Wyanet to use