High water along the Mississippi River necessitated running a work train east out of La Crosse to dump rock around M.P. 195 on the Aurora Subdivision north of East Dubuque, IL.

Flooding along the Mississippi River is evident as DME 271 passes through the Reno Bottoms.

Flooding along the Mississippi River is evident as DME 271 passes over a slough south of New Albin, IA.

Slowly making its way at 10 MPH, the loaded ethanol train heads downhill towards Stockton, MN.

DME train 270 heads south towards Marquette, IA. I was very grateful the GEs were trailing.

The two IC engines went north on the 23rd on the H-GALNTW during an early spring snowstorm. It didn't take much to convince me to take a few hours off of work the next day to head north on the St... (more)

The two IC engines went north on the 23rd on the H-GALNTW during an early spring snowstorm. It didn't take much to convince me to take a few hours off of work the next day to head north on the St... (more)

This train headed east through La Crosse too early for good light, so I headed east to Ft. McCoy for a photo. Unfortunately the railroad had other plans, as the crew tied the train down in the Ba... (more)

DME train 170 slowly makes its way towards Control Point 286 where a new crew will take over for the trip south to Marquette, IA.

Train 276 with the CITX 3059, DME 6074 and CITX 3061 head south towards LaCrescent Yard where they will swap power with CP 637.

DME train 171 heads north towards its final destination of St. Paul, MN.