Five GPs of various paint schemes lead the La Crosse, WI - St. Paul, MN local north through Dresbach, MN.

Amtrak 8 blasts south from Winona, MN. Next stop is La Crosse, WI.

Classic SOO power awaits the next assignment at La Crosse, WI.

Empty rail train rolls south along the Mississippi River.

Loaded unit coke train rolls east on the CP Tomah Subdivision.

DME 170, the old ICE MSPKC, rolls south through Clayton, IA. Shortly the train will stop and setout and pickup cars at the CGB grain elevator south of town.

A nice catch: SOO 6052, SOO 6047, MRL 265. At daybreak this train was into La Crosse with the SOO 6052, SOO 6047, SOO 6043. They set out the 6043 and added the MRL 265.

DM&E train 360 (F-MCKC) is descending the hill between Monona, IA and Marquette, IA. The rear two engines would be set out at Marquette.

DM&E train 170 (M-SPKC) heads south over the Turkey River Bridge. Crews are still working to replace the temporary structure put in place during 2007 after a derailment took out the south end of ... (more)

Canadian Wheat heading to Houston, TX on the BNSF Railway.

The St. Paul, MN - La Crosse, WI local heads south through the Dakota S-curve.

One wonders how long these SD40-2s on the DM&E and the old bridge to Lansing, IA will last?

DM&E train 170 passes the frozen Reno bottoms. This shot won't be possible without hip boots once the ice melts.

DM&E train 170 heads south from LaCrescent, MN.

Another weekend morning, another matched set of blues on DM&E train 170.