Iowa, Chicago, & Eastern SD40-2 6416 powers up the Canadian Pacific's River Sub along the Mississippi River.
Having been delayed somewhere up around Red Wing, train #270 is now taking full advantage of their VIP pass behind Amtrak 8, rolling through the curves of Maple Springs at every bit of track speed... (more)
B73 crosses the Government Bridge headed east through Rock Island to interchange with IAIS. The GP9's, built in 1954, still earn their keep working locals in the Quad Cities but could be near the... (more)
K632-28 approaches the Depew AMTK station passing a pile of ties on there way out of Buffalo.
Classics.
Even for the casual railfan this is THE place to watch trains in the mornings, high atop all the action from the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood. Here a transfer led by ICE 6408 splits a UP coal empty... (more)
A trio of SD40-2s bring an ethanol train east into Pewaukee.
273 is moving right along, as its six units slide down the hill in Monroe Center.
A "Skittles" lash-up rounds the Milepost 99 curve in Leaf River, continuing its journey towards Savanna and ultimately, Nahant Yard.
K632-28 throttles up as they make there way out of town after a quick stop in Buffalo with ICE 6421 at the helm.
Four SD40-2's, an SD60M and an SD60 bounce down the jointed rail in Forreston, with 122 cars reported from the nearby defect detector.
At a brisk 40 MPH, six units lead their lengthy 273 train by the Stillman Valley grain elevators.
A Hartley ethanol train has spend the last 240 miles rolling thru cornfield and grades on the Sheldon/Mason City Subs. Now the train will transverse the flat Mississippi River Valley for the next ... (more)
A sweet lash-up heads west through Leaf River along Route 72.
A delightful six pack of assorted EMD's thunder out of Davis Junction with the 273 train.
