This Mason City local kicks up snow as they roll south thru Grafton. When this train went over the detector at MP 32 it read out -29 degrees, which means the crew has to have permission to run whe... (more)
The LMC slows up for the 25 mph head end slow order thru Grafton, before pounding back to 40 mph again. The train has just passed thru MP 14 and only has 14 miles to go to Mason City. The LMC has ... (more)
The Mason City-Austin turn is on the way home after switching out IC&E's yard in Austin, MN, seen here at Grafton, Iowa.
The DM&E ditcher has been put to work on this Jackson, MN turn in the past 4 days. The ditcher ran out to Jackson on 2/26 just flanging with the nose. The next 3 days, coming back east, the ditche... (more)
After a train ahead gave up it TW the Plow set heads for deeper drifts South just north of Mason City,Iowa
Loaded ethanol train rolls thru Grafton (MP14.8) enroute to Plymouth Jct where they'll get onto the IANR for the trip to Nora Springs. This train originated at Aurora, SD.
