Priority merchandise for the Belt Railway of Chicago cruises past the open water of the Mississippi River.

The Empire Builder heads east through the small town of West Salem just after departing La Crosse on time.

A pair of warbonnets head west behind the local with empties from Eagle Pass, TX

An empty coke train cruises west for a meet with 496 at Hoffman behind a lone GE.

The conductor is checking his paperwork as 493 has just tripped the detector for a hot axle 75 cars deep.

With just 20 minutes to go on hours, the crew of 490 is working to get their train in the yard quickly.

A fantastic winter sunrise sets the trestle east of Hoffman aglow as a very unique consist leads the 198 eastward.

With the quartet of leasers still in tow, a lone GE has no trouble keeping track speed as it heads for a meet at Murray.

The lone GE and quartet of leasers are just out of Lowry as they call for yarding instructions in Glenwood.

After a long wait at Hoffman, ethanol loads are back on the move toward a crew change in Glenwood.

The tri-weekly wayfreight from Glenwood, MN to Enderlin, ND is making good time behind a lone EMD.

It's great to see some old EMD lease power back in service, unfortunately this CITX leaser was dead in tow.

Whoops... Grain empties from Tacoma, WA didn't quite make it all the way to Alberta this morning. They got stuck about three miles west of town after plowing through some drifts.

After spending most of the day stuck in a drift, grain empties finally head west to Alberta behind a snow covered leader.

Whoops... I've seen bigger drifts this winter, but this grain train couldn't quite make it to its destination this morning. It's stuck just west of Morris on a branch line.