The MSPKC has been leaving CP rails at LaCrescent, MN around daylight lately making for very tough photo opportunities on its trip to Marquette, IA. This photo location has been on my to-do list ... (more)

A 126 car manifest runs thru the streets of Marquette.

The SPKC heads south out of Lansing after hitting a car on the street trackage.

RP.Net contributor Jim Matuska and I heard this train across the Mississippi River blowing its horn as it headed south through LaCrescent, MN while we were taking a break at work. It didn't take ... (more)

Chasing and taking photographs of these ICE trains down the Mississippi at 30 something miles per hour is much easier then chasing the BNSF across the river at 63 mph.

The logging truck is in a side by side race with the ICE train down the street.

The IC&E Fall Colors Excursion Train heads south along the Mississippi River at Lansing. With the impending sale to the CP, will this be the last year for these excursions?

Not much room for a railroad. ICE's St Paul - KC manifest heads through the street running along the Mississippi River in Lansing, IA.

Southbound SPKC passses thru the streets of Lansing as they head towards Marquette on a nice spring like day. At Marquette this train will be switched out and blocked for the south.

Merchandise Train from St. Paul - Kansas City passes the Alliant Energy Lansing Generating Station.

Auto Train from St. Paul, MN - NS Voltz Yard, Birmingham, MO street running through Lansing on a cold saturday afternoon.

Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Train MSPKC (Manifest St. Paul to Kansas City) is led by a unit from it's Sister Road today as it rushes through down town Lansing, about to enter a second section of str... (more)