Two CP SD40-2's (6085 and 5813) along with ICE SD40-2 6430 idle in the ICE yard at Marquette, Iowa yard on a beautiful fall day.

The 3803 is in charge of the Nahant Yard duties today.

The last rays of sunlight reflect off of the MHUCC as it heads south towards Marquette, IA. One can't help but wonder what the future holds in these last days of the IC&E and DM&E.

A fitting shot with the CP takeover of the DM&E and subsidiary IC&E. DME 6070 sits on the point of the IC&E Mason City to Marquette manifest. Note: Train was stopped and photo taken with pe... (more)

A DM&E freight passes the still active elevator in Phillip, SD. The main elevator building has held up well for it's age.

An ICE train works the east end of Davis Junction early on a sunday morning.

A DM&E leader still in CP Rail "Dual Flags" paint leads the MCCHU through the fields of Southern Minnesota. All three of these units will soon be working for their original owner.

Waseca, MN to Nahant, IA manifest train passes Ft. Severson couple miles north of Carpenter. This fort was originally built 1867 for the war, it was later used as a stagecoach stop on the St. Ansg... (more)

Hard to believe the two wood frame grain elevators are still standing, let alone in service (although not shipping rail). Manitoba doesn't have anything on the grain elevators of Southwest Minnes... (more)

A DM&E train bound for Chicago passes a nicely restored depot, which is now earning a living as a section house for MOW employees.

A Huron-Chicago train detouring via Winona comes off the DM&E and onto the CP at Tower CK. The CP/DM&E/IC&E Merger was approved 09/30/08, so soon this will be 100% CP owned trackage.

The Conductor watches as the Rochester Wayfreight pulls 6 soybean oil tanks out of the siding at Lewiston. CP has leased 16 units to the DM&E... with the CP merger approved 09/30/08, it looks lik... (more)

DM&E: Come ride the roller coaster... the tracks are a little wavy and the locomotives are all pointing in different directions. Just another day on the 10 mph PRC Subdivision as MHURC 15 takes t... (more)

Two humans and five bovines watch the daily freight with 74 cars snake through the Boxelder River Valley. Actually, most herbivore quadrupeds aren't very intelligent, so they probably weren't wat... (more)

The daily Huron to Rapid City freight trundles over Powell Creek at 10 mph. With wood trestles and jointed rail, a lot of work needs to be done before this line is hauling coal.