An early season snowfall has blanketed the area with an inch of snow, with a couple inches off to the west and north. Winter is my favorite season to photograph, so I didn't waste any time drivin... (more)

Would have been nice with the Maple Trees, but who can complain when they are shooting F9 A-B-B-B-A lash ups in 2008.

The very last axle of the train is rolling over the MP93 defect detector as the train slows for a joint authority between MP93 and MP95. (For the guy that always asks what the leaders were on DPU... (more)

A big surprise to me as I saw this blue beast leading a freight through Newport. Nice to see a pair of DME locomotives, especially the Mount Rushmore engine. The train looked great in the sweet ... (more)

The big snow storm that wasn't... a forecast of 10 inches of snow failed to deliver, but we still got a scrubby four inches as this SD70MAC waits in the yard for a new crew to bring them to Clay B... (more)

Coal loads that were blocking this coal empty moved out just in time to take in the sweet evening light. The vehicle that appears to be going right into the train is actually crossing on highway ... (more)

After heavy cloud cover all day, a small sliver opened up right before sunset, casting warm evening light over this DPU GEVO on the BNSF Lakes Sub. Even though there was no storm, it sure made fo... (more)

SD70 sized snow drifts develop after another winter storm dumps a half foot of snow on the northland.

The CANADIAN is bagged by an American. I was absolutely shocked to see this train come rolling around the corner!

A priority intermodel train blasts through the quite town of Frazee. Though the sun has just risen this town is already awake and ready for work. Farmers never take a day off, especially a Satur... (more)

A break in the clouds behind me at just the right time! I've wanted to get this shot for years, and was finally motivated once another RP.net member shot it last week. The engineer some how spot... (more)

No shortage of AC power today... this DPU has slowed the train to a crawl. The water froze up and started to leak... how could that happen... oh yea, the windchills were 45 below zero!

The sun has just cleared the horizon and is still low enough to create a firely glow in the sky and light the sides of the rails as coal loads roll east through the fields of Iowa. The DPU unit i... (more)

The nice thing about March Blizzards is the snow seems to melt quickly... hard to believe we got 13.5 inches of snow a few days ago.

With the Station Sign lit up to contrast the dark side of the train... a crew member steps out to set the brakes. It'll be a while before another crew is ready to take this train west.