DM&E 4005 incharge of train B24 also known as Rochester wayfreight backs into the Plainview Spur with one propane car for Kruegel Gas Service just west of Eyota, MN.

DM&E 4005, one of only seven Dakota Minnesota & Eastern locomotives still active on the Canadian Pacific roster. 4005 still shows her pride on home rails as she pulls a string of 19 loads into Dod... (more)

A couple of DME SD40s and 2 CP AC4400s pull into the fuel rack at Nahant

Flanging with nose blade with wings in so Highrail track inspector can make his run.

A place I hated to pickup was here at Hollandale Jct on the Wells line. As you can see, the elevator loaded 50 car sets on a steep grade that used to be a branch off the mainline. Bad part was whe... (more)

The B60 job has been routed into the siding at LeClaire due to not being able keep speed. Dispatcher instructed the local to take the siding, and let train 475 run around it.

DME 6367 leads train S334, the daily manifest from Grand Rapids to Toledo, OH, through Sunnyside on its way out of town. The 6367 is a former Milwaukee/SOO SD40-2 (MILW 206 - SOO 6367 - HLCX 6367)... (more)

The B60 job has been routed into the siding at LeClaire due to not being able keep speed. Dispatcher instructed the local to take the siding, and let the KC-Minneapolis train 475 run around it.

This lone GP40 is in charge of CP's "south local" B76 which departs from Nahant Yard mid-day and provides cars to the B70 "Ipsco Job" and other mainline industries.

Chicago Bound early morning train from Kansas City breaks the quiet of the small town of Stillman Valley.

With only 12 minutes to sunset, a pair of EMD's leads #473, freight from Bensenville, IL to Nahant, IA. The leader is an ex MILW SD40-2 (206) and is 41 years old. My understanding is most of the... (more)

The "City of New Ulm" in the City of LeClaire

CP's southbound 474 holds the mainline at Le Claire with a pair of DME SD40-2s and the last SOO SD60M while BNSF's northbound Clinton job takes the siding with a pair of ex-ATSF B40-8W's.

Leaving Pig's Eye.

Westbound ethanol empties sprint through the soybean fields on the outskirts of Defiance, OH on a splendid late summer afternoon. DME SD40-2 6090 teams up with an NS dash-9 as the train approaches... (more)