A lone Illinois Central SD40-3 pulls a loaded Herzog Ballast train out of Mattoon Illinois.
A late running CN 412 works west past Caffey with IC 6106, CN 9590 and CN 6901 leading a long train. At the time I can remember thinking "another SD40", for someone who grew up with them it seems ... (more)
The conductor on the Cedar River waits for the train to show up to spot the last 25 empties of their train here at Stacyville elevator. This job has a company car that the conductor drives to stay... (more)
The L510 has a good size train today for the Wisconsin Southern. Here the crew shoves the 1st yard track to the limit. The engineer peaks out the window to get a better feel to where he is shoving... (more)
Interesting consist shoves limestone back up the hole track, and then they will head for Proctor.
The first E-Rail of the year stretches out across the long former DM&IR bridge. Missabe property (now WC) engineer Ben Nygaard is qualifying on the WC (the real WC) and ironically got an ore trai... (more)
Three Illinois Central units now serving time on the former Missabe pass through Sparta with 135 loads of steaming taconite pellets on a frost covered morning along the CN Iron Range Subdivision.
IC power hits the diamonds with cars for delivery to CSX.
You can almost hear the Imperial March from Star Wars playing in your mind as the Death Stars make their descent down the hill from U.S. Steel Minntac with 135 loads headed to Two Harbors, MN.
Illinois Central 6251 makes it's way across the Iron Range as the sun makes it's way over the horizon. This train will head to U.S. Steel Minntac for loading the 135 trailing cars with taconite p... (more)
A matched pair of IC SD40-3s leads a train up Proctor Hill as an ice-free Lake Superior shows off its deep blue color.
The Cedar River local is stopping to setout cars on the north end of Grain Millers (GMI). GMI gets a fair amount of loaded oats from Saskatchewan for processing. It is the Cedar River's biggest cu... (more)
A matched pair of IC SD40-3s leads a train up Proctor Hill.
Power backing down to Central Station for today's "City of Miami". Moving slowly now, but will be hitting 3 figures in a couple of hours.
The "City of New Orleans" heads south out of Central Station; looks like some maintenance is in order!
