The St. Paul, MN, to Chicago, IL, Z-train, old BN train #42, makes it way down the Aurora Sub near the Charm Detector on the north side of Priaire Du Chien.

A westbound Z-train is about to blast thru Priaire Du Chien on a snowy January day. The BN 3516 was renumbered to the BNSF 3015 in September 1999. These series of unit were originally ex-CB&Q GP 4... (more)

Norfolk Southern led Triple Crown train streaks east across Wisconsin farmland under the dark of the night. Severe weather is pounding the state which the crew will need to deal all night. The red... (more)

Unused codeline poles and wires reflect in a mud puddle from the recent rains as a Union Pacific freight pulls along the ex-CNW depot in Altoona, Wisconsin where a crew change will soon be made. T... (more)

Shooting trains on this bridge is tough, given they only run two trains a day across here. On top of that, the eastbound is almost always at night. Luckily the schedule was thrown off recently a... (more)

Still in Santa Fe red and silver, BNSF 791 charges through the snow and up the Mississippi River towards Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Here the train can be seen kicking up snow on the... (more)

The setting sun paints the sky orange as the day comes to an end. A green signal stands above the weeds silhouetted off the sky, giving a Union Pacific manifest clear track east to Adams, Wisconsi... (more)

Cold and wintry conditions have pushed schedules back and late morning finds train 516 passing through New Richmond, WI. Normally this train passes at around 10pm each night.

Milwaukee Road 261 in disguise running on the WC.

Cold and wintry conditions have pushed schedules back and late morning finds train 517 approaching the St. Croix High Bridge and Minnesota.

The only eastbound train across the St. Croix High Bridge normally crosses this structure at night. Cold and wintry conditions have pushed schedules back far enough to allow this rare late-morning... (more)

CNW 889, 873 and the 72 cars of train 415 swing around the busiest of the connections at Wyeville on this Chicago-Twin Cities freight. CNW had a large amount of SD40's and SD45's without dynamic b... (more)

A pair of BNSF motors make a rare appearance on the CN as they ease a southbound to the red signals waiting for them at South Duplainville.

T004 slows at Williams, and will soon stop and pick up the two grain loads on the small siding.