The MSPKC passes the fall colors on the bluffs behind Lansing, IA. ICE 6414, ICE 6442, SOO 2032.

The third and last southbound out of Marquette, IA on October 4th crosses the Turkey River Bridge south of Guttenberg. There is plenty of evidence of the rebuilding project necessitated by a dera... (more)

Guaranteed Service Intermodal Train from South Seattle, WA - Chicago, IL (Cicero Yard) rolls south along the Mississippi River.

Huron - Chicago Clearing Manifest Train detouring over the IC&E Marquette Subdivision only two days after a derailment near Waukon Junction, IA closed down this subdivision.

Huron - Chicago Clearing Manifest Train detouring over the IC&E Marquette Subdivision only two days after a derailment near Waukon Junction, IA closed down this subdivision.

The Waterloo - Chicago local rolls northeast through the Northern Illinois countryside. Next stop is Freeport, IL.

Is that an Alco leading the regular merchandise train from St. Paul - Kansas City?

Priority Merchandise Train from Northtown Yard - Galesburg, IL. It's nice to see the EMD leading!

Unit Grain Train from Daytons Bluff, MN (CP) - North St. Louis, MO rolls through La Crosse with an assortment of foreign power.

Empty Unit Coal Train from Columbia Power Plant near Portage, WI rolls north along the Mississippi River on its trip back to the BNSF.

The early morning light is enough to make the rails shine but not enough to light up the cut west of the M.P. 146.8 Detector on this hazy late August morning.

In what may be a sign of things to come, the IC&E Merchandise Train from St. Paul - Kansas City has the SOO 4508 along for the ride.

The IC&E St. Paul - Kansas City Merchandise Train is on CP trackage rights as it passes CP 884, a coal train destined to Weston, WI. CP 884 is on the old siding (Dubuque line), the MSPKC is on th... (more)

One of four engines wrecked on July 9, 2008 when a boulder fell onto the tracks south of Guttenberg, IA.