Coal loads rumble slowly through the street running in Lansing on a quiet Sunday morning with what was earlier a heavy fog on the Mississippi still hanging around the surrounding hills. This train... (more)

Fog cleared just in time to get this photo on my "Bucket List" - train 853 off the Blackhawk Bridge at Lansing. With BNSF winning back the contract from the UP to haul coal to the Colum... (more)

CP 6644 "Support Our Troops" leads 474 south through Lansing, IA under Hwy 82 and over Clear Creek.

CP 8814 leads 474 through Lansing, IA. In the background is the highway 82 bridge over the Mississippi

Soo Line train 223 trundles along a frozen Mississippi River at Lansing, Iowa, on February 20, 1993. Lead locomotive, Soo Line EMD GP38-2 No. 4512, is a former Milwaukee Road locomotive in “Band... (more)

A 1x1 Columbia Coal Train works north on the CP Marquette Sub. The train hugs the Mississippi River just south of Lansing. In 7 miles the train will head in at Kains siding to meet train 474. This... (more)

UP 5947 trundles down the CP mainline through Lansing, IA passing under the bridge over the Mississippi River to Wisconsin. The railroad's location makes it an "attractive nuisance" to r... (more)

Time for a game of "chick-hen"? CP 8846 eases into Lansing, IA with a southbound freight appearing to be in for a face off with a formidable biker chick. Fortunately her need to quench h... (more)

UP 8829 eases a vehicle train through Lansing, IA, and the town would appear to be celebrating its arrival with a flag display along the Mississippi River. This train is operating on CP's main rou... (more)

Northbound sand load works up the north end of the Marquette Sub on the way towards St. Paul and points west. The train is seen here passing thru town of Lansing, about 26 miles north of Marquette... (more)

A loaded sand train off the Tomah Sub east of LaCrosse does some short street running as they pass thru Lansing along the Mississippi River. The train is 27 miles from Marquette. Sand is probably... (more)

A Canadian Pacific rail train curves along the Mississippi River south of Lansing on a perfect fall day.

A nice set of blue and golds rolls south through Lansing while construction work continues on the Mississippi River Bridge.

A trio of Blue and Golds leads a loaded KCS feeder train down the Marquette Sub making for a whopping seven ICE Blue and Gold SD40-2s running down the River. It was a nice morning to say the least... (more)