Westbound Kansas City, MO, to Mason City, IA, manifest pokes along dragging their feet for a meet with its counterpart #478 in couple miles. The train will make a meet and then onto the destinatio... (more)

Westbound Kansas City, MO, to Mason City, IA, manifest train is hammering west at MP 76, 40 miles from the destination of Mason City. The train just meet its counterpart at New Hampton, 6 miles ba... (more)

3 relics of times past Depot, Elevator and old IMRL paint job Pass thru Grafton a relic in it's own right.

The Waseca, MN, to Mason City, IA, freight blast thru the small town of Grafton with 66 cars for Mason City. This ex-IMRL unit is looking pretty tattered now days. Grafton is located 15 miles nort... (more)

Got the Moon but not as planned as they stopped and worked picking up a car and the moon got much higher then I wanted, Oh well.

A trio of ICE motors blast past St Mary's Cemetery located near Weaver, MN. When scoping out the shot, I found this gravestone with a trio of F Units engraved on it, making it the photo prop for t... (more)

A trio of smoking EMD's lead 589 out of Bensenville, passing through Wood Dale. In the process, they create their very own blizzard.

Doing their best to make good time to St Paul, a slightly tardy #171 blasts into Red Wing behind a trio of ICE 6400 series. 6410, 6406, and 6450 have the honors today, looking great against freshl... (more)

CP 276 comes into Minnesota City and nears the end of its track warrant. They'll tie down in Goodview to wait for a new crew to take them east.

Viewed from the frozen Redwood River, an eastbound train crosses a large bridge on the Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern near the small town of Florence, MN.

An eastbound DM&E freight flies toward Tracy, MN. Here they are just north of Florence, MN and have just dove under Highway 23 and Burlington Northern Santa Fe's Marshall Sub.

ICE 4203 is the new unit in town and is now handling the duties of the Rochester local. It is seen here heading west through a frost covered countryside with a cut of boxcars in tow.

ICE 6452 works Bensenville Yard while an auto train waits for clearance through Tower B12 to continue it's trip to the city.

You never know what you'll get on the Belt. In addition to this gem, I saw all the American class ones, Indiana Railroad, Soo Line and Montana Rail Link within the span of a week.