Wow! What a lashup! The Bush Unit leads the Katy and the Mo-Pac Heritage units through the bottoms and past the bluffs of the Mississippi River.
The George Bush Unit #4141 sails past the siding at Pana, IL.
Brand new unit in the new Southern Belle style Heritage paint scheme. This photo was taken with a KCS herald on the side of the nose. This should have been a "KCS de Mexico" herald. Since the d... (more)
Brand new unit in the new Southern Belle style Heritage paint scheme.
The Holiday Express heads toward it's next stop in Godfrey, IL. Little did I know, this would be my last opportunity to photograph them in black paint.
An unlikely visitor to Illinois, George Bush 4141 leads the way towards the St. Louis area.
A classic railroad scene unfolds as this NS freight pulls out of Coapman Yard and through A&S Junction.
This CP Rail freight is headed north, past the historic depot in Red Wing.
In memory of the late Johnny Cash, A CP Rail unit leads "A Boy Named Soo" across the Mississippi River.
The Mo-Pac Heritage Unit leads an old SP tunnel motor accross the Kaskaskia River.
Rare Diversity In Motion locomotive is on the point!
Kickin' up some fresh snow as it passes the last of the fall colors, an empty T-Bird train pulls through Iron Junction.
Ore empties hit the diamond at Ramshaw as they return from Two Harbors. This is the first snow of the season in Missabe country.
Southbound on the old DW&P. A snowy autumn day in Minnesota.
I was hoping to catch some brilliant fall colors. But instead, I caught a cold, and the first blinding snowstorm of the season. You gotta love steaming pellets in the snow!