The volunteer cars are parked next to a steam engine built by Brooks in 1900.

A dark and gloomy afternoon with rain and fog seems fitting as a IC death star leads 140 empty cars bound for U.S. Steel Minntac to load taconite pellets.

IC 1018 looks to be in need of a bath as it rolls south through Plainfield, leading the way on L520.

The engineer on board IC 6251 handles the controls while the conductor sits in his little shack keeping tabs on the action and looking for problems trackside as the mine employees working the crus... (more)

5 years ago the hold maroon had on the Missabe was dealt a death blow by former IC SD40-3's arriving on property. No complaining now, but it sure is different.

IC 1032 highballs a southbound through Paxton, running down the Mainline of Mid America. She looks good on her namesake mainline!

An IC SD70 blasts by JB Tower in West Chicago.

A loaded Mintac train with dynamic brakes howling rolls into Two Harbors.

IC 6251 is about to pound the diamond with the DWP at Ramshaw with 140 loads for Two Harbors.

One of the few IC deathstar's still running pulls 140 loads through Iron Junction for Two Harbors.

A look back at the six EMDs destroyed in a head-on crash north of Two Harbors on September 30, 2010 involving two ore trains on the former DM&IR. The crews had injuries but luckily survived. Five ... (more)

Minntac loads howl around the curve into Two Harbors Yard.

IC 2709 leads 382 off the Dundas Subdivision amid fall colours in the trees.

Coming down from U.S. Steel Minntac with 141 loads of steaming taconite pellets, IC 6252 prepares for the shove and will yard the train in Keenan before eventually going down to Proctor with them.

Illinois Central farm country
An Illinois Central southbound freight (CHG) passes a picturesque barn between Ashkum and Danforth, Illinois, on June 12, 1990.