The St. Paul, MN, to Kansas City, MO, manifest train rolls thru the river front of Lansing enroute to the next crew change and work at Marquette. This train is the daily train out of St. Paul over... (more)

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

Having just crossed into Kansas via Santa Fe Jct, a pair of ICE SD40-2's lead the B91 transfer of auto racks toward UP's Armourdale Yard.

2 ex Soo Line GP9's head back to Nahant yard with the Nitrin Job.

A Blue and Yellow duo take cans west.

A Blue and Yellow SD40-2 heads up the hotshot intermodal train. This train, and it's great power, happened to be abolished shortly after the EHH take-over of CP.

With Kasson in its rear view mirrors, train 277 is working upgrade and is about to meet its counterpart, the 276, before continuing west to Waseca, MN. Sad to think this may be the last time I sh... (more)

With the late 276 having arrived and the 633 cleared out of the Dodge Center siding, train 277 is underway and is seen here passing the Greeway Co-Op and Kasson water tower. I'm happy I was able ... (more)

Train 277, with a trio of blue and yellows, is seen here holding on the east edge of Kasson due to a late 276 and the Dodge Center siding already being occupied by another westbound in front of th... (more)

A westbound freight, led by a trio of blue and yellow SD40-2's, kicks up dust as it blasts through Byron, MN. The conductor of this very friendly crew gives me the peace sign as they fly by me. ... (more)

IC&E SD40-2s sandwich a typical CSX GE with ethanol empties heading west for the CP in the midwest. Trains like this have been very common in recent months on CSX in support of the big ethanol boo... (more)

ICE 6434 and 3 CP units lead a monster southbound into Davenport.

2 ex Soo Line GP9's wait to head back to Nahant Yard at East Moline.

Two of the former SOO Line GP9s now on the Canadian Pacific roster hold at the 9th Street crossing in East Moline for a BNSF manifest to clear the junction just to the west.

Another trio of SD40-2's hold at Atkinson Road with 276. With switching duties and delays, it took this train over ten hours to get from Portage to Rondout, a distance of about 140 miles. A recrew... (more)