The daily Kansas City to St. Paul road freight crosses the Root River just south of La Crescent, MN.
Smoking like a train!
An IC&E Trackage Rights train rolls west along the Mississippi River. CITX 2785 has obvious turbo problems, however it was still pulling its fair share of this 111 car freight.
A MoPac Caboose on the rear of UP train MWIAD 19 passes IC&E MKCSP 17, waiting patiently in Donehower Siding. Union Pacific and Iowa, Chicago & Eastern both have trackage rights on CP at this poi... (more)
The Mason City - Chicago Clearing Extra manifest train climbs Red Barn Hill.
Sun rises on newly painted EX CP unit as it waits for crew
A trio of SD-40-2s hustle light towards the Nahant Roundhouse at Davenport. This set of power will be used on an "MNABR" manifest later this afternoon.
DME 6070 sits alone awaiting a fresh crew