A rare merchandise train from Eola to Northtown with an array of power enters single track at La Crosse. Hot on its tail is the Z-CHCPTL.

Regular Merchandise Train from Chicago, IL - Waterloo, IA. (Canon EOS20D, 16-35mm f/2.8L USM)

The Empire Builder is right on time as it speeds its way south along the Mississippi River. Next stop is La Crosse, WI.

The MSPKC crawls over the Turkey River Bridge as crews continue to pull cars out of the river after a derailment during 2008.

The BNSF Town Job shoves back towards Grand Crossing and the BNSF North La Crosse Yard.

Ignoring the No Trespassing Signs, a Father teaches his son a bad lesson as members of Track Gang No. 1 head towards the North La Crosse Yard.

This old caboose is sitting at the Lena Historical Society just a few blocks away from the old IC/ICG Freeport - Dubuque mainline. Today the CN owns this stretch of railroad.

The UP 1995 and CNW 8701 lead the daily Valley Park - Proviso Manifest Train south through western Wisconsin.

Due to a derailment on the Turkey River Bridge on the IC&E Marquette Subdivision, IC&E and DM&E trains are detouring over the CP from Chicago, IL - LaCrescent, MN. For probably the first time in ... (more)

The two IC engines went north on the 23rd on the H-GALNTW during an early spring snowstorm. It didn't take much to convince me to take a few hours off of work the next day to head north on the St... (more)

Empty Unit Ore Train from Birmingham, AL - Steelton, MN passes the idiot walking down Main 2 of a busy Class 1 Railroad. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)

Time-sensitive Merchandise Train from St. Paul, MN - Bensenville, IL. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)

Ten hours into the Black River swing span bridge replacement project, the two halves of the bridge are supported on barges and the center of the structure has been removed.

American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners (AAPRCO) excursion train from Minneapolis, MN - Chicago, IL on the BNSF.