Amtrak #349 leads train #8, The Empire Builder, past the Pleasant Prairie power plant in August of 1989. The power plant closed this year and will likely be torn down, eradicating this view in the... (more)
On a frosty Wisconsin morning, a tired looking CNW SD40-2 departs with Pleasant Prairie hopper empties which will head west to the Powder River Basin for another coal load.
An evening thunderstorm is passing east over northern Illinois putting on quite the lighting show. The lighting spend over hour spreading out across the night sky making for easy photography. The ... (more)