After a 6 car pickup, today's CCHU departs Davis Junction as the skies open and a blizzard ensues... so naturally the chase was on.
The over powered manifest slides down the Monroe Center hill amidst the frozen tundra.
A set of 9 SD40-2's haul a monster Chicago-Huron, SD manifest through an increasingly brutal snow storm... not so brutal just yet...
MCCHU makes good time across nothwestern Illinois....
DME 6090 leads a freight up the River Line of the ICE along the Mississippi River.
Regular Manifest Train from Huron - Chicago Clearing crosses a high Makoqueta River north of Green Island.
Regular Manifest Train from Huron - Chicago Clearing rounding the bend north of Bellevue, IA.
Regular Manifest Train from Huron - Chicago Clearing street running through Bellevue, IA.
Southbound SPKC passses thru the streets of Lansing as they head towards Marquette on a nice spring like day. At Marquette this train will be switched out and blocked for the south.
The view from the cab of DME 6090 southbound on the Black Hills sub. Passing through the bridge just north of Whitewood, SD.
The view from the cab of DME 6090 southbound on the Black Hills sub.
A matched set of Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern locomotives pull east after being overtaken at Homer by Amtrak.
Merchandise Train from St. Paul - Kansas City passes the Alliant Energy Lansing Generating Station.
A pair of DM&E engines leads the IC&E St. Paul - Kansas City Merchandise Train at Kains.