Norfolk Southern local freight outside Jacksonville, IL

Third time's a charm: One could not say the Norfolk Southern's Springfield-Hannibal District wasn't busy. But after two previous trainless visits to the line's crossing over Gravel Springs Road west of Jacksonville, IL in 2018 and 2022, I felt a bit jinxed. However, on the late morning of April 24th, 2024 finally presented me with an opportunity to film some traffic in this location. A local freight train is seen approaching the crossing westwards from Jacksonville with NS 7113 leading hood-first. The four-axle EMD GP 60, one of 50 GP 60s built for NS, is only hauling three tank cars towards Bluffs. But the horns really make up for that.
I decided not to take my tripod. Always a bad idea. Also, I realize it goes out of focus at the end - my apologies.

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Nice pass and the horn! Will be looking out for more videos! 👍