IC&E SD40-2 6430 leads 271 west at Davis Junction. Nothing like seeing two SD40-2s bounding down jointed rail on a class one railway (CP) in 2009.
At 2210hrs I was sitting at the house trying to figure out if I should go out for night shots and where. At 2220hrs, CP 273 called the BRC DS ready to go at 65th Street. At 2221hrs the BRC DS said... (more)
My Christmas present from the ICE. -10 degrees without the wind, 35 mph wind gusts, constant white outs, and awefull road conditions... there's definately nothing else like it in the world.
As the ICE 6430 drags out of the Mississippi valley they go thru one curve after a anther following Bloody run Creek Canon 50D
As the sun set's on both the IC&E and the day i toke one last shot before the sun drop behind the clouds. Canon 50D
Since the flood of August wiped out the DM&Es line to Winona, MN, the IC&E has been running a train from Marquette, IA - Winona, MN.
The Mason City - Chicago Clearing Extra pulls down to the yard office on the main line while an empty ethanol train sits in the siding.
Mason City, IA - Chicago Clearing Extra heading south down the Joint Main past the CN Yard Office.
M-337 waits at Dubuque JCT for ICE train to clear the joint main
Regular Merchandise Train from Kansas City, MO - St. Paul, MN makes its way along the Mississippi River on its way to St. Paul. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)
Feeder Train from Mason City, IA - Kansas City, MO. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS)
Regular Merchandise Train from St. Paul, MN - Kansas City, MO.