First train of the day is a T-Bird arriving at Fairlane with DMIR 406 and 212.

NREX 7931, ICE 6458, CITX 3172, DME 6084, DME 6370, and CITX 2804 make quite the rainbow on this 120+ car train #277 approaching the tiny town of Uitca.

The highlight of a very slow day on the River was this 271 powered by a great set of IC&E Dash 2's.

CP 5966, DM&E 6363, IC&E 6454, and Soo 4412 pull a rather short, 57 car 486 up the DM7E connection at Tower CK. Sure is nice of CP to put them in alphabetical order.

G77 heads for the depot with 5 hoppers and a caboose, complete with another days work.

My "Shot of the Day" is of 811 throttling out of Homer on a restricting signal, behind train 499. A Mac sandwiched by two ACe's sure made one hell of a lash-up.

Throttled up to 30, a massive train #170 leans into one of the many curves along the Marquette Sub just south of La Crescent. Both the line and lead locomotive are a perfect match, both being once... (more)

On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, 4 bright red CP GE's charge into Winona with train 283.

While I was biking to a friends house, I heard train 486 (which I had just seen), let a westbound know they were just starting into the siding at Homer. Little did I know that the westbound was go... (more)

A BNSF hopper train glides downgrade through Division Street on its journey east.

A great looking trio of IC&E SD40-2's departs Tower CK on train 636.

Bearing down on their counterpart, #271 flies into Minnesota City East on the mainline behind an epic power set! Snoot nose IC&E 6439 leads Soo MP15AC 1543, and CP 5917 in some great evening light... (more)

A nice, clean CSX C40-8W leads train #661 right into the setting sun as it approaches Tower CK. The train would duck into the siding at Minnesota City for a very tardy Amtrak 8.

DM&E 6363 rolls along the same portion of track that its railroading career began. Once Milwaukee Road #201, it became the first motor to get the Milwaukee's Hiawatha paint scheme. After the Soo L... (more)

Minutes after sun-up, ACe 9274 drags its massive loaded coal train out of the siding at Minnesota City, after meeting a pair of westbounds.