A momentary splash of sunshine illuminates the brightly colored locomotive consist of S393 as it crosses the Auglaize River near downtown Defiance.

A Looong way from home and those cold midwestern corn fields...

CSX ethanol train K634 heads east past the Churchville NY hot box detector with ICE 6448 leading.

An extremely rare leader and lash up for Ohio of two ICE SD40-2's and a CP SD40-2 fuels up at Station E at Collinwood Yard in Cleveland. Of course, the train came through at 3:45 in the morning bu... (more)

Many homes snuggle right up against the IC&E's right-of-way, such as this one in Bettendorf.

Colorful engines pass on a beautiful morning as train 486 rolls past train 581 (La Crosse, WI - St. Paul, MN Roadswitcher). As soon as 486 cleared West Wye, 581 headed west across the Black and M... (more)

Crossing the Mississippi River from East Dubuque, IL to Dubuque, IA I looked down towards Wood (CN - DME crossing) and saw this string of locomotives waiting for approval to head north to Dubuque ... (more)

CP 170 is almost home at Saint Paul, MN

A pair of ICE SD40-2's lead a train along the Mississippi River just South of Princeton, Iowa.

A late-running 171 heads north on the CP along the Mississippi River.

The MSPKC crawls over the Turkey River Bridge as crews continue to pull cars out of the river after a derailment during 2008.

After being parked at Marquette on 12/31/2008, the MSPKC finally heads south after the holidays.

The last St. Paul - Kansas City Manifest train of 2008 rolls south along the Mississippi River on the last day that the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern railroad will exist on paper. On January 1 the IC&E ... (more)

The last St. Paul - Kansas City Manifest train of 2008 rolls through Harper's Ferry on the last day that the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern railroad will exist on paper. On January 1 the IC&E will be co... (more)

The last St. Paul - Kansas City Manifest train of 2008 rolls over the Yellow River Bridge north of Marquette on the last day that the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern railroad will exist on paper. On Janu... (more)