The J, Right At Home. A pair of Elgin, Joliet & Eastern SD38-2's are tied down and crewless at Buffington Harbor, awaiting an L512 crew to take the train to the Illinois International Port... (more)

The CN had trackage rights over the CP to the Valero plant near Floyd, IA, when it was built years ago but never bothered for the business. Renewed interest in Iowa and business got Valero to sign... (more)

The CN had trackage rights over the CP to the Valero plant near Floyd, IA, when it was built years ago but never bothered for the business. Renewed interest in Iowa and business got Valero to sign... (more)

An SD38-2 originally built for BC Hydro and operated for many years by the Southern Railway of British Columbia is still finding work at the Prairie Grain Partners elevator in Clarkfield, MN. The ... (more)

The Afternoon Yard assignment got stuck with the power off the L521 Local job this afternoon. The EJE 659 shoves a cut into the East Yard.

On my birthday CN decided to run L521 from Kirk Yard to Joliet with EJE 667 leading on home rails. Here they are arriving the former EJE East Joliet Yard.

The power from todays L520 was grabbed for the afternoon yard assignment. The EJE 659 is spotting cars in the RIP tracks. This is about as close to the Tower as you get on the Rail. Its annoying t... (more)

The Wisconsin Northern pulls one car south as they pass the CNW station sign at Bloomer.

WN 42 leads its train south over the wooden bridge over the Chetek River.

WN 42 leads south out of Chetek with a decent sized train for Chippewa Falls. To the right is an old CNW station sign that still shows off the heritage of the line.

The West Bound CSS 804 went over a Portable Derail that was apparently left up by mistake after Track Work was completed on the South Shore Siding near Burns Harbor, Indiana. The consist went on t... (more)

EJ&E SD38-2 659 departs the Port of Chicago with CN L512,

A pair of SD38-2's and GP38-2 attack Calumet hill with a BNSF coal train bound for Cleveland Cliffs at Burns Harbor, IN.

CSS 805 leads empty asphalt tanks for storage at Kingsbury, IN.

Cumberland Mine Railroad SD38-2 22 has reached the coal unloading facility at Alicia harbor. They will spend the next two hours unloading the coal into storage silos for eventual shipment downrive... (more)