A pair of ICE SD40-2s are about to duck under the Route 72 bridge on their journey towards the Windy City.

All of the Chicago Sub east of Davis Junction is now welded rail. However, stick rail is still very prominent in the line west of Davis Junction. Unfortunately this old rail dating back to the Mil... (more)

Ethanol loads clump over the BNSF diamonds as the first light of day spreads.

Three SD40-2s and an AC4400 lead 282 east...nice color all around.

Blue and green SD40-2's lead rerouted ethanol train K495 west over the high line.

ICE SD40-2 6444 and NREX SD40-2, in Burlington Northern Cascade Green lead ethanol train K485 south into Philadelphia on August 22, 2011.

The engineer on 487 notches them up after reaching the point where the track speed increases from 10 mph. All too soon the sun went behind the clouds and the chase was over.

A nice set of "blues" on train 487 head west through La Crosse. A nice catch for a quick shot after work!

Loaded unit ethanol train heads east over the Mississippi River Bridge. This train was parked for the day in the Kittridge siding.

It doesn't look like it, but this is CP's Holiday train. It was towed backwards from a wye at Mona, near Lyle, Minn., to Mason City since there is not a wye there and the train had to head east ou... (more)

DME Train 170 rolls south through the town of Dresbach on CP trackage. Right behind this train was CP train 486.

A 7,900 foot extra Nahant to Kansas City Manifest train is about to start pouring on the coals to start the tough climb out of the river valley towards Moravia, IA. The train is crossing the far w... (more)

Today's Regular Merchandise Train from St. Paul - Kansas City has five ex-Minnesota Commercial engines on flat cars in the train: 1108 (Alco RS-3), 1608 (Alco RS-3), 66 (GP7), 1B (Alco RS-3), 311 ... (more)

Auto train from St. Paul, MN - Kansas City, MO. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)