The City of Chillicothe leads the daily Huron, SD to Rapid City, SD manifest... the second unit is actually DM&E, but in exactly 45 days the paint scheme will again match its owner.

A Nahant,IA to Kansas City,MO manifest rolls along the shore of the Mississippi River

A unusual visitor to Joliet yard sits in the south yard.

After a foggy departure from Belle Fourche, B02 has found sunlight in St. Onge.

The Belle Fourche Turn works over a hill as it chugs south for Rapid City.

A former IC&E 40 and a freshly painted CP geep rest in the setting sun as they await their next assignments.

A Nahant,IA - Kansas City,MO manifest on the north end of Muscatine.

Even for the casual railfan this is THE place to watch trains in the mornings, high atop all the action from the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood. Here a transfer led by ICE 6408 splits a UP coal empty... (more)

A trio of SD40-2s bring an ethanol train east into Pewaukee.

ICE SD40-2 #6408 leads a Davenport,IA - Kansas City,MO manifest along the Mississippi River.

Evil Alley- This struggling westbound noses back into the safety of daylight. Evil looking tree's loose their grip once again. Another train winning the battle up Stockton Hill.

An eastbound ethanol train sweeps through the S-curve between Kimmell and Albion, IN.

DM&E Train 171 rolls north through Brownsville, MN. Once summer ends, good light on this northbound train ends as well.

The power on a lengthy 270 crests the grade at Jackson Junction without incident, as the sun is completely below the horizon on a brisk late winter evening.