The Dubuque switch crew parked these engines next to the CN yard office and got on M33791 to make a pick-up in the yard and then took the train west to West Peosta for a crew change.

DM&E Employee Autumn train excursion passes the marsh southwest of the South Siding Switch Green Island on its trip to Sabula Junction.

After meeting M33891 at Freeport, IL M33791 heads west towards Dubuque, IA with CN 8876, CN 2715, IC 1039, GTW 5855.

You never know what to expect on CN's Waterloo - Chicago Daily Merchandise Train for power these days. Todays suprise was BNSF 5972, CN 5509, CN 5329, EJE 656. The EJE 656 would be set-out at Fr... (more)

The clouds, which were rolling in from the north and east, gave me a break just long enough to capture the daily Waterloo - Chicago Merchandise Train passing through Lena.

The knowledge that one of the new CN (ex-Up, nee C&NW) C40-8 engines was leading M33791 led me on a 2 1/2-hour trip to capture what is likely the first time one of these engines is leading on this... (more)

The knowledge that one of the new CN (ex-Up, nee C&NW) C40-8 engines was leading M33791 led me on a 2 1/2-hour trip to capture what is likely the first time one of these engines is leading on this... (more)

On the drive home from work I heard the BNSF 8133 West getting permission to head west from LaCrescent, MN on the CP River Sub. A quick U-turn was in order since BNSF SD60Ms are rare on the CP. I... (more)

On the drive home from work I heard the BNSF 8133 West getting permission to head west from LaCrescent, MN on the CP River Sub. A quick U-turn was in order since BNSF SD60Ms are rare on the CP. ... (more)

Rolling north from Marquette, IA to LaCrescent, MN on DM&E rails, train 271 is approximately 3.5 miles from its first stop and a set-out at LaCrescent.

CP train 499 crosses a flooding Mississippi River on its trip west. Recent heavy rain to the north have caused the big river to go over flood stage at an unusual time of the year.

Nice leader on the always-interesting H-NSINTW.

Who could have imagined two EJ&E engines making a set-out at Dyersville? After setting-out one car of lumber, the local heads west down the spur track. The crew will head west down the main, thr... (more)

The CN Dubuque west local heads west past the Blood Plant. First stop is at Peosta, IA and then on to Dyersville, IA to drop off a load of lumber and work the ethanol plant. Then its westward to... (more)

A nice matched-set leads train 271 north through Brownsville, MN.