A Galesburg, IL, to Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, MN, freight train rolls along the humid and foggy Mississippi River this mid-morning. The train has just passed Lock and Dam #9 couple miles sout... (more)

A nice surprise was this Kelly Lake, MN, to El Paso, TX, loaded ore train. Rumbling along the Mississippi River with 116 load of ore tailings and 2 BNSF GE's pushing on the rear end, this train pa... (more)

What looks like a St. Paul hotshot, races south along the Mississippi River at Lock and Dam #9 south of Lynxville. You can tell the BNSF merger and the SD70MAc's are on the property, because a guy... (more)

Coal trains along the Aurora Sub have been few and far between over the years. Reroutes and detours have been about it, and the occasional Burns Harbor train from Canada. Coal isn't something that... (more)

A CN haulage train makes its way north along the Mississippi River on the BN Aurora Sub. The train is working in the section from La Crosse to Savanna. Lynxville is located 46 miles south of La Cr... (more)

A trio of BN Executive MAC's curve around the bluffs as they make their way south along the Mississippi River on the Aurora Sub. The train is working in the section from La Crosse to Savanna. Lynx... (more)

4 BN motors bask in the afternoon sunlight as they hammer south along the Mississippi River on the Aurora Sub. The train is working in the section from La Crosse to Savanna. Seen here passing lock... (more)

A trio of SD40-2's hammer south along the Mississippi River on the Aurora Sub. The train is working in the section from La Crosse to Chicago. Seen here passing lock and dam #9, a few miles out of ... (more)

An empty bare table train rolls along the back waters of the Mississippi River between Prairie du Chien and Lynxville. Here the train passes Gordons Bay Boat Landing as fall colors begin to come i... (more)

It was a beautiful afternoon spent along the Aurora Sub. Here DP power shoves on the back of this loaded grain train bound for Texas. Seen here reflecting in the back waters of Gordon's Bay Boat L... (more)

This Saturday afternoon at Gordon's Bay Boat Landing trains are moving east and west along the Aurora Sub. Here high back water make for nice wading water to get out and do some reflection shots. ... (more)

Located 251 miles from Chicago along the busy BNSF Aurora Sub, these ABS signals will show green all night unless something passes on main#2. These signals date back to the CB&Q days. Unfortunatel... (more)

An empty oil train from the CP interchange at Chicago, IL, head north along the Mississippi River. Here the train passes some crystal clear back waters south of Lynxville.

Once was one of the hottest trains on the northern BNSF Transcon, now the CHCSSE has been downgraded to a simple Q-train. The Chicago to South Seattle train files in line with the rest of the traf... (more)

This is a loaded oil train out of Eland, ND, bound for unloading at Philadelphia, PA, via interchange with the CSXT in Chicago. Here the train works along the Mississippi River as it passing some ... (more)