At one time all three of these machines were in the CP Rail 5500 series, now days two look less then stellar, patched for NREX, and one wears great look blue and yellow colors, as they handle trai... (more)

Way freight 580 scurries into Winona with a consist straight out of the 90's! 30 Minutes of work in town, then it's off for La Crosse.

After driving across town to see if G77 was still along the river front, I crossed over Wall Street to find them getting ready to make the pull back up the street trackage. With a pair of matching... (more)

Rolling up to Tower CK right on schedule, this years fall color train looks stellar with the phase I heritage motor and all matching Milwaukee cars.

Train #637 is even celebrating independence with the right leader!

One of the first orders of the day is switching the Malt Co.

Soo 2066 guides Job G77 down Wall Street with a decent cut of traffic for River and Rail, RTP, and Bay State.

Three hundred and ten miles from Bensenville, IL, train #802 swings into Winona on a humid Thursday morning behind the INRD duo.

No leasers... no red units... just the way things should be! A spectacular 4-pack of blue and yellows escort a massive 271 up the River Sub on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon. After getting this s... (more)

SP visits the land of 10,000 lakes! Southern Pacific 9732 idles in front of the yard office, while Job 01 drags a cut of Northwestern hoppers out of the yard.

A nice, clean CSX C40-8W leads train #661 right into the setting sun as it approaches Tower CK. The train would duck into the siding at Minnesota City for a very tardy Amtrak 8.

With 19 from River and Rail, job 01 crawls past the dilapidated Leeve Yard. Currently all yard tracks are out of service, and only #3 track is in operating condition. Word was back in the day, thi... (more)

Passing the Bud King Ice Arena, Job 01 pulls a cut of 8-loaded sand gons onto the "mainline". Once fully on the main, they would shove the cut just beyond the switch, go grab 8 empties, and then p... (more)

Job 01 has train LTA-42 fully assembled and all ready to go on the old mainline, while an aging Northwestern switch stand battles a late April snow storm.

A cascade green dash 2 heads a lengthy #271 through my neighborhood on a Sunny afternoon.