Fill'er Up. Two leased GEs take on fuel at Northshore Mining's Silver Bay yard prior to taking 131 empty ore cars back to the mine at Babbitt.

A Southbound BNSF Garbage Train with a interesting leader, CitiRail 1301.

The warm glow from a yard light at Northshore Mining's Babbitt facility illuminates two leased CREX GEs as they prepare for a pre-dawn departure for Silver Bay with 156 cars of iron ore.

CREX 1213 enters BNSF's yard at Emporia as it eases through town.

CREX 1213 West leads this loaded ethanol train towards California as it races across the Emporia Sub.

CREX 1211 is one of the 8 CITIRAIL GEVO's that arrived in Aberdeen on an engine move from Kansas City. Not long after this shot, 5 of the 8 were already on their way to move a train out of town.

Leased CREX GEs lift 156 empties out of Silver Bay on their way back to the mine at Babbitt.

In the middle of nowhere, in the pitch black dark and light rain the North Shore Mining heads back to Babbitt at Hwy 11 near Tiomi.

North Shore Mining heads north for Babbitt with another string of empties behind the leased GEs.

A collection of new GE's and older EMD geeps are seen over at Mid-America Car shops in Kansas City.

Cabs Without Duties...The remnants of UP's 8544, a SD90AC, sits on the ground in front of one of the CITIRAIL GEVOS still awaiting use at Mid-America Car.

With Y191 out of their way, the usually good powered Y221 "Mill Job" as it's known over the radio begins the trek back to the... (more)

A hot Q193 comes through Kayne Avenue on track 99 with another Dash 8 standard cab leaser on the point while the historic Nashville Union Station stands tall over the tracks.

Originally built in 1898 and officially opened to the public on October 9th 1900, the late-Victorian Romanesque Revival architecture on Nashville’s Union Station provides a fitting backdrop for ... (more)

Lovable Leasers A pair of leaser locomotives set the scene in Nashville today as Q237 is brought towards the Kayne Avenue tower with a former Union Pacific Dash 8 in the lead while the th... (more)