Seeing an SD60M leading certainly called for a chase and a few pacing shots, don't you think? You may wish to think twice before pacing a 50 mph train on icy roads, however. If you're from Cass Lake, though, you would have been wishing for more snow.
Pace and pan shots of trains from on the ground or in the air. If you're not in the locomotive cab or on-board the train, it's the next best thing to being there.
