A first for me, two SD45-Bodied CITX motors on the same train! CITX 2794 and 2796 are in charge of a 70 car #277, slowing for the DM&E connection at Tower CK.

An ex C&NW SD40 heads #271 past Tower CK, as the train races north for St Paul with a short 12 car train.

UP 617 rattles through the yard, with 17 hoppers from River and Rail.

UP 617 glimmers in the final rays of an Autumn sun as it heads back for the yard. While switching River and Rail, 01 put 4 on the ground, so they could only take these 17 cars back with them.

Eight Dash 2's swing through Tower CK on train #277, only minutes before sundown.

These 2 IC&E motors have it easy today, gliding through Tower CK with a 9 car 271.

A mix-bag of dash 2's depart Tower CK on an early morning 276. A lot of different heritages are among these 3 motors, CITX 2794 being ex DRGW, CITX 3072 a former C&NW, and IC&E 6458 an ex Mo-Pac.

The Empire Builder passes through the west end of Winona roughly an hour behind schedule, which is far enough behind to eliminate the brief break for passengers to get fresh air. Fall colors alon... (more)

The Winona area yard power features CP 4406 and SOO 4423 along with a hopper full of ballast and SOO caboose #30.

Now thats a neat red unit on the DME! StL&H 5593, DM&E 6368, and CITX 3090 are at the 10MPH crawl as they approach the connection at CK. At first sight I thought the leader was a red DME bomber, b... (more)

Now this is a sight! A pair of BN painted trip-clops SD60M's head a FRA inspection train up the River Sub! Never thought I'd see a BNSF SD60M on the River Sub again, let alone a pair!

After working River and Rail, G77 heads back up Wall Street to grab cars for Bay State, requiring yet another run down Wall Street.

This sure got me out of bed today! Last IMRL painted SD40-3 heads 276 out of Winona right into the morning sun. IC&E 6102, CP 5957, and CITX 2794 have it easy today, with just over 60 cars of trai... (more)

The ex. CNW doesn't have much trackage left in Winona but what's left is handled by a UP geep. The UP runs a tri-weekly Adams-Winona freight via CP from Tunnel City-Winona to feed these and other... (more)

Amtrak #7 gets ready to highball Winona at sunset.