DME train 270 heads south towards Marquette, IA. I was very grateful the GEs were trailing.

Number 3000 on RP.Net turns out to be today's 170 train as it approaches Kains siding where it will stop and change crews. The original crew had to give an engine to CP train 183 at Homer, MN on ... (more)

A CWR train heads south on the DM&E Marquette Subdivision after sitting for several days in the LaCrescent, MN yard. This is my first photo at NSS Kains.

A beautiful late summer morning and two blue-yellow engines on 271. It doesn't get much better.

This train headed south out of LaCrescent, MN before I could get into position to watch them leave. I thought I was playing catch-up to the DM&E 6054 but was suprised to find the SOO 6054 on the ... (more)

Train 271 heads north towards New Albin, IA on its trip to St. Paul, MN.

One can only wish that the approaching train is led by a Milwaukee Road engine in 2009 on this ex-Milwaukee Road line. ICE 6457 leads DM&E train 170 south towards Marquette, IA.

A trip down the DM&E Marquette Subdivision after work netted this nice catch.

DM&E train 2170 leaves New Albin behind. They would go around train 171-03 tied down on the main line by threading through the siding at Kains.

Milw 196,187 roll #222 towards Kansas City with 123 cars. The Soo merger happened months ago but the clean Hiawatha scheme -2's still give a great glimpse of The Milwaukee Road as it looked in its... (more)

DME train 170 heads east into the morning sun and is about to pass over the M.P. 134.2 defect detector.

DM&E 170 with the one-of-a-kind ex-IMRL 6102 in the lead on a beautiful July morning warranted a chase down the river.

Due to crew members marking off to attend the funeral of two of their brothers, the DM&E ran empty and loaded ethanol trains across the CP in Wisconsin vs. their normal Northern Illinois routing. ... (more)

DM&E Train 170 rolls past the fog and the farmer's equipment on a beautiful June morning.