The engineer on 487 notches them up after reaching the point where the track speed increases from 10 mph. All too soon the sun went behind the clouds and the chase was over.
Nice to see the SD60 leading!
A N(ICE) suprise on train 391!
A rare merchandise train from Eola to Northtown with an array of power enters single track at La Crosse. Hot on its tail is the Z-CHCPTL.
An Officer's Special heads south through La Crosse with the following passenger cars: Powder River, Colorado River, Flathead River, Bay View, Columbia River and Glorieta Pass.
A rare site with two GPs leading a High-Priority Merchandise train in 2010.
Another beautiful summer evening and another train slowing for a crew change at North La Crosse.
Beautiful late summer evening light highlights the Memphis - Northtown train as it nears single track at Graf.
Train 486 set off a unit at Winona, MN and then had to pick up a unit, DME 6413, off of train 487 at LaCrosse, WI. A matched blue and yellow set headed east for Chicago.
Who could pass up an all-EMD engine consist like this?
Another matched blue and yellow set of engines. It doesn't get much better......
Two EMDs on the hottest Z-train on this portion of the railroad. Nice!
DME train 171 has been called in the afternoon at Marquette, IA lately allowing for late afternoon photo opportunities along the Marquette Subdivision.
It's not blue and yellow, but at least the leader is an EMD!
Another matched set of ICE blue and yellow engines is a photo opportunity I can't miss!
