Intermodal Stack Train from La Crosse, WI - NS Ashland Avenue. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)

A deft crew hurtles this 4-axle classic around the curve at Arvilla with a long string of grain empties...

I don't know what the chances are of catching two GP39Es leading different trains on the same day in the same area, but here's the second one up front on westbound grain empties.

The usual suspects lead the South Local away from the yard and towards a full day of switching cars.

Wish those GP30 blisters continued forward across the cab as it was built.

All BN, ATSF and BNSF is represented on this Local as BN GP39E 2922, a Santa Fe Bluebonnet B23-7 and an H1 BNSF SD40-2 head West through Coal City.

BNSF 2917 and 7250 are on the move in Northtown Yard.

Rebuilt from Frisco GP35 710, this GP39E has a one of a kind paint scheme

Being that Jamestown is known as the "buffalo city," it's really only appropriate that the local that serves the town is nicknamed the "buffalo turn"

BNSF 2916 crosses over the diamonds, as a UP frieght waits for it to pass in the backround. Nikon D70 24-120. www.bayarearailroading.com

Closest to street running in the metro. An unoccupied unit pushes a string of coal to Xcel's Riverside plant.

BN GP39E #2759, a BNSF B23-7, and another BN GP39E lead an eastbound manifest over the Vermillion River in Streator.