Yucca plant lines the Pink Lady ballast that helps support the 1939 forged stick rail that the Chicago & North Western Transportation Company laid nearly seven-and-a-half decades ago, which is sti... (more)

DM&E 6051 leads two more SD40's and a long 77 car train through the Bad River Valley at a blistering 10MPH.

DME 4005 and 4001 have a short but heavy #570 in tow through one of the many sags on the PRC.

Crossing the Bad River, DME 6051 and two more SD40's have 77 cars in tow over the undulating terrain of the PRC Subdivision.

DM&E 6051 continues East at 10MPH, while cresting one of the many 1% grades on the ex-CNW trackage.

Thirty cars rock and roll at 10MPH on the 1930's CNW stick rail behind two veteran GP40's.

DM&E's Belle Fourche to Rapid City train works hard up the 1.42% grade out of Sturgis with three EMD's pulling their guts out to maintain double digits in speed.

High above the former DM&E (ex-CNW) and the Bad River, one has to take a minute to catch their breath and take it all in. With 96 cars in tow, CP 571 rolls towards Rapid City on a wonderful wi... (more)

DME 4004 is making its way down the poorly maintained ex-MILW trackage to Janesville.

The true definition of desolate. Not a human in sight for 30 miles. Only hundreds of bolted together steel sticks, forged nearly a century ago and two SD40's running what could be their l... (more)

Eastbound 632 ethanol train blasts through Schaumburg with a trio of blue 'n yellows.

A loaded ethanol train rolls along an ice choked Mohawk River at Lock 10 on its way to a layover at Selkirk Yard prior to heading for its New Jersey destination. DM&E "City of Arlington" leads a v... (more)

Train 571 is rolling west after meeting counterpart #570 at JC Siding out in the Bad River Valley of South Dakota.

The Huron-Rapid City train ambles west along the 10mph, pink lady ballasted, PRC Sub on a beautiful winter afternoon.

DME 6370 and INDR 9002 pull up alongside and empty oil train that is will soon head west with quite the audience to greet them at Ben's Bridge. After a smooth run the crew will tie their train dow... (more)