Iowa Interstate's Chinese QJ 2-10-2 6988 storms past the Putnam, IL elevator on a deadhead run to Bureau Junction after running public trips from Chillicothe to Henry all day.
Running on ex-CRI&P rails, the homeward-bound leg of the Henry turn passes the Putnam elevator as it travels northward on the Peoria branch toward a connection with the main at Bureau Junction.
On the way to work industries in Henry, a Chessie GP38 and a GP9 - still in C&O blue - top the hill just north of Putnam. Pretty soon new GP15Ts will bump these older units from this job.