Catching one Soo SD60M is rare, but two on one train?! Just before 09:00, train 2-282 is back on the move at Bangor after going dead in the siding at 00:15. Thankfully the thick fog coating the ar... (more)

Swinging back onto double track, train H-NSINTW rolls west into the evening sun behind NS 6771, 6710, and 8742.

After waiting for hotshot #199 to blast by on the mainline, train #283 gets back underway with an HLCX leaser leading the way. On a day where the temp was 96 and it felt like 106, I'm sure the cre... (more)

In the Summer of 95, a Burlington Northern caboose brings up the rear of an eastbound manifest... in reality this is the North La Crosse Local on a day they actually used a caboose.

After adding two more Dash-2's in Goodview, train #277 has changed crews and is now beginning its journey over the Waseca Sub with 9,000 foot of train.

Racing west at every bit of track speed, train LTA41 has an awesome trio of grey and red GP60's (UP 2050, SP 9732, UP 1965). Even if SP 9732 wasn't leading, it was still quite a catch for 2011.

In the final minutes of light, train #277 begins its adventure over the Waseca Sub.

Rolling north along the Marquette Sub, train #171 rumbles across the backwaters of the Mississippi River at Reno.

Soo 2066 guides Job G77 down Wall Street with a decent cut of traffic for River and Rail, RTP, and Bay State.

Red, white, and blue leading train #637 on the 4th of July at mielpost 4... almost as if it was meant to be.

Three hundred and ten miles from Bensenville, IL, train #802 swings into Winona on a humid Thursday morning behind the INRD duo.

No leasers... no red units... just the way things should be! A spectacular 4-pack of blue and yellows escort a massive 271 up the River Sub on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon. After getting this s... (more)

Crawling through St Charles, a pair of blue and yellows give the Waseca Sub a proper appearance. This stretch of railroad has been DM&E from the start-up, so its alway nice to see the name carry o... (more)

Rolling up to Weaver East, train #171 out of Kansas City slows for the siding to let a coal empty by. A pair of blue and yellows along with a lengthy 94 car train almost makes one forget that CP i... (more)

Main two to main one at Oakland and down to Newport to meet a westbound. Minutes behind Amtrak, H-NTWTUL sporting some nice power swings onto the wrong main as it glides through Oakland.