We'e stopped on the Ford Fast just east of the Cutoff on the westbound main. While the Head Brakeman ties the hoses on our PU and the train I jump off to get a shot of the almost new SD60M on the ... (more)

Onboard Amtrak No. 8, the Empire Builder, and in a view from the left side of Amtrak F40PH No. 357 is a meet with a westbound freight led by Soo Line SD60M No. 6062 at Medary, Wisconsin, on Novemb... (more)

Friendly wave at Brookfield: On the afternoon of August 31, 1990, Soo Line train No. 943 with a new SD60M (last of the series) passes through Brookfield, Wisconsin. The late Ronald Morales is engi... (more)

A solid Candy Apple trio heads west with the train to Huron, SD.

Two Candy Apples running elephant style have just woke up the small community of Ixonia, Wisconsin on their way towards Milwaukee and points south with stacks from the Twin Cities. Barely 07:00 an... (more)

The two candy apples are looking good, as they pass under Kates Road in Deerfield.

SOO 6062 and 6051 lead the eastbound 182 through Duplainville (Pewaukee), closing in on Milwaukee.

182 blasts through Ixonia just after sunrise with a pair of Candy Apple SD60s. This train ran non-stop from where the crew got on at Portage to where they swapped trains at Bryn Mawr (Elk Grove)!

Bound for Bensenville, the hotshot 182 rolls through Deerfield, powered by a pair of classic Soo Lines, the leader being an SD60M.

Two Candy Apples handle the morning stacks.

Back in it's former stomping grounds, a SOO SD-60M leads CP's Twin Cities-Kansas City manifest over Duck Creek.

SOO 6062 and CP 6220 (a newly repainted SD60) make history as they lead the very first windmill train over the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern line in southern Minnesota. The bases arrived in Wolse... (more)

Nearly a week after it began its trip, Train 600, made up of windmill tower bases continue their restricted trip up the Detroit Lakes Sub. From here, it will be taken into Canada and handed off ... (more)

In idle now, the engineer on this empty Hartley ethanol train prepares the units for dynamics as they drop down hill into Lawer at 40mph. The DM&E and CP have done alot of work on this part of the... (more)

Empty Hartley, IA, ethanol train works west to New Hampton to meet #478. This crew went to work at 04:45 at Dubuque and will handle the train to Mason City, where a new crew will take the train ou... (more)