A surprise trio of blue/gold DME SD40-2s haul CP's 474 train through Bettendorf.

DME SD40-2 #6201 and CP GP40 #4613 provide power to a Westbound manifest as it passes the Red Wing, MN Amtrak depot about an hour before sunset. Photo taken 4/28/15 near MP 370.71 on the CP River... (more)

A classic DM&E SD40-2 is on final to Bensenville Yard with #272.

Train 283, led by a trio of blue and yellows, navigates north on CP's River Subdivision as it leaves Weaver Siding behind. Three blue and yellows in the same consist is quite a rare siting in 201... (more)

CP bought the DME and wanted to build a track from Wall SD to the Powder River Basin.

The City of Pierre leads an all blue consist with units from 4 different companies under the new cantilever signal bridge a River Jct. Railroad: Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: La Crescent, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: DME 6201
Train ID: CP 276-20
Photo Date: October 22, 2011

272 arrives at Bensenville, behind a pair of SD40-2's.

Just about every color of the rainbow is represented here...

Talk about a colorful consist...

Our second DME lead train in under an hour, the City of Pierre slams Donehower West at track speed... under the late fall colors of the Mississippi River Valley.

DME train 170 (old ICE MSPKC) passes the local power in the yard at Winona.

DME train 170 (old ICE MSPKC) passes though Brownsville, MN. Due to the crew being short on time, they high-balled their pick-up at LaCrescent, MN.

Heavy snow begins to fall as the Jordan Ditcher works their way north out of Grafton. The ditcher will work all the way to Jackson, MN on this trip over the next 5 days. Heavy winds have pretty mu... (more)

ICE/DME power rescue the short BRC transfer at Archer Avenue and ran it to Clearing Yard. Here we see it creeping under the CTA's Orange Line at 55th Street.

The snow stopped and the sun came out just long enough to capture the MSPKC on its trip from LaCrescent, MN to Marquette, IA. What used to be a common daylight train has now been frequently trave... (more)