In a fairly rare meet, the southbound Dakota & Iowa Rock Train meets BNSF grain train G CATKAL9 07. As soon as the rock train passes & releases his warrant, this grain will start it's journey fro... (more)

An SD39, SD40-2 & GP20 kick up grain dust as they drag a rock train over Dakota & Iowa trackage. Luckily, he came in between grain trucks dumping at the elevator.

SD39 1924 switches out a hi-wide load on the east end of the Galesburg classification bowl.

Dakota & Iowa SD39 #4027 leads a worktrain through Sioux Falls.

Dakota & Iowa work train slowly navigates through downtown Sioux Falls on a Saturday morning.

The last SD39 on the roster leads westbound NMED slowly past tie crews at Athol.

3 ex Illinois Terminal SD-39's that Guilford bought from NS lead a MEC U25-B on an Eastbound leaving Silver Springs.

A trio of heritage 1 EMD's lead a short 351 local eastbound near St. Francis, TX

3 ex Illinois Terminal SD-39s work an Eastbound for their new owner. Guilford acquired these units from Norfolk Southern. The Canisteo River is very calm, creating a nice reflection in the river.

MN&S 41 heads 783 and a 38 car train 910 at Trout Lake. The MN&S merger brought a little color and a few new models to the Soo in the early 80's. Soon to follow would be the Milwaukee Road merger,... (more)

A sure sign of spring is the start of Dakota & Iowa operating rock trains to support construction projects. Here a loaded train creeps through the BNSF yard in downtown Sioux Falls on a nice earl... (more)

An ATSF SD39 with slug switches a train in Barstow yard. It wears the short lived Kodachrome paint scheme in anticipation of the merger with SP, which eventually didn't happen. This was also near ... (more)

On my very first trip to visit the Santa Fe Railway, I arrived at Flagstaff just in time to catch this westbound train weaving through the ponderosa pine with an interesting power consist on the h... (more)