Not a good day to be making a pickup

IEI empty coal heading west

3 units struggle to get up to speed

Making pickup

Former Milwaukee Road 206 idles at Dubuque

A pair of ex-IC GP38-2's idle outside the CN Dubuque Yard office awaiting a crew to put them through their paces switching cars through the night.

Merchandise Train from Huron, SD - Belt Railway of Chicago. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)

M-338 gets signal to cross the Mississippi River bridge

Backing up to tie on to pick up and a extra engine

M-338 finally clears Wood HUBRC blast out of town

M-338 at the bottom of the hill winds thru a S curve, 2 miles ahead is Dubuque yard

A nice crop of wheat is growing between the rail

Making pickup