A very nicely timed meet occurs right at 5th Street with the end of a monster stack train, and the headend of M-PRCB. PRCB was the train we had been waiting for, with UP 3078 third id the consist.... (more)
An empty coal train gets moving westward, while eastbound produce sits waiting for the crew to get settled in for the journey to Chicago. Taken right around Midnight at the UP yard in Clinton, Iow... (more)
Bluffs or green, fields of gold, and dash 2's of blue and yellow... it doesn't get much better then this!
M-PRCB with a nice lash-up storms under the C&NW coaling tower at Nelson. The signals in Nelson are almost all C&NW too, but within a year UP will have the signals replaced and the coaling tower r... (more)
Third westbound of the parade cruises in the the setting westward sun, as it nips at the heels of another WB manifest. Nice to see a ACe/90Mac pair in such great light.
With the sun going away VERY quickly, I was still able to shoot 277 passing by my favorite spot on Stockton Hill, with 3 SD40-2's making the normal consist.
After working River and Rail, G77 heads back up Wall Street to grab cars for Bay State, requiring yet another run down Wall Street.
This sure got me out of bed today! Last IMRL painted SD40-3 heads 276 out of Winona right into the morning sun. IC&E 6102, CP 5957, and CITX 2794 have it easy today, with just over 60 cars of trai... (more)
We were leaving Marquette right at the exact moment this west bound DME train was departing. After a few attempts at getting to the tracks, we found a road that crossed them, and minutes later thi... (more)
A beautiful IC&E SD40-2 rolls past a farm just outside of Minnesota City. Sure made the first day of 11th grade better after chasing this guy.
With the throttle open wide, 811 has the run of the River with a duo of ACe's in charge.
In honor of Ashley Furnitures 40th anniversary, CN ran a special passenger train for the people of Arcadia to ride. IC 101 swings out of Dodge right into a patch of afternoon sun. Awesome!
Amtrak #7 gets ready to highball Winona at sunset.
IC&E 6442, CITX 2796, and CITX 3080 head a 21 car 171 up the River Sub.
A pair on nicely matched CITX SD40-2's and IC&E 6456 depart Minnesota City with empty ethanol train 637 for Aurora SD.
