IC&E 6442, CITX 2796, and CITX 3080 head a 21 car 171 up the River Sub.

DM&E 6094 glimmers in the last hour of sun as it heads a 171 up river.

CP 271 roars past a crewless 487 as it heads towards Minnesota City where it will pick up CITX 3059. It sure was nice to see two ICE units meeting on the River Sub.

6 SD40-2's head a rather short 487 for the DM&E connection at Tower CK. With CP units and leasers all over the DM&E lines, you can sure see some pretty colorful lash-ups.

Conductor Chris sticks his head out of the cab of CP 6038 heading a 581 through Winona.

Heading right towards the setting sun, a pair of nice matched candy apple Soo SD60's head a monster 281 "Ford Train" for St Paul. Sure was a nice break between studying for finals!

Soo 6034 and Soo 6044 find a patch of sun as they guide loaded tanker train 668 down river.

IC&E 6412, a red bomber, and 2 grey CITX motors are on the point on 486-28 getting ready to make a set-out. Meanwhile if you look over the top of train, you can see a second 486 in the distance.

When I went out to catch Amtrak 7, I got word of 2 west bounds running ahead of it. First one sure was a nice surprise with a 5800 series SD40-2, and Soo SD60. Check out that number board on the 5... (more)

Minutes before 7AM train 170 approaches CK with a classy blue and yellow trio, and 30 cars.

Looks as if CP never took over. 2 IC&E SD40-2's head 171 for Saint Paul on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.

This is the first time I've ever seen the train tie-down on the 310 branch. Engineer Roger grabs his bags and heads for the cab.

Once being part of Chicago and North Westerns mainline through Winona, today it only serves as an interesting industrial branch. GMTX 2633 rumbles up the branch only inches from Front Street, with... (more)

A great looking GMTX leaser skirts past the Peerless Chain Co. as it heads 15 loaded sand gondolas for the yard. I had been meaning to catch this unit in good light, with an actual train and today... (more)

Catching the last rays of sun, 299 thunders west with 2 classic CP SD40-2's leading the way. Due to a meet at Homer with 298 and a slow order just prior to the siding, Amtrak 7 was delayed by abou... (more)