DM&E's 170 train from St Paul to KC wades through the rising floodwaters in downtown Davenport. This would be one of the last trains through town before the railroad was shut down in the evening ... (more)

My first trip down the "River" was greeted with an eastbound DM&E train led by a couple oldies.

With the one-of-a-kind 6102 leading, DM&E train 170 slowly rolls through Lansing, IA.

DM&E 170 with the one-of-a-kind ex-IMRL 6102 in the lead on a beautiful July morning warranted a chase down the river.

DM&E Train 170 rolls past the fog and the farmer's equipment on a beautiful June morning.

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

Train 170 with a pair of ex-CP SD40-2s heads east towards the Kains siding.

DME train 170 slowly heads south from LaCrescent towards Marquette, IA. The crew will tie the train down at the Kains siding and cab back to Marquette. A relief crew showed up an hour later, as ... (more)

During the spring and summer, good nose light is hard to find for the early morning run from LaCrescent, MN - Marquette, IA. The train is about to pass through the quiet town of Harper's Ferry, I... (more)

Early morning light and EMD power. It doesn't get much better than this! (Ok, two blue and yellow engines would have been better!)

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.

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)

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.