A trio of death star SD40-3's wind through Iron Junction with a train from Two Harbors. What a sight in 2010 to see such a lash-up.

The last IC&E locomotive in ex IMRL colors, is in charge of eastbound train 290 on Friday afternoon. The SD40-2's are working hard as they get 290 rolling out of Minnesota City. 6102 sure is in ro... (more)

CSXT 410, Soo 6021, and CP 4612 storm out of an extremely overgrown Weaver West.

A BNSF "fakebonnet" heads stack towards single track at Winona Junction early on a Sunday morning.

An ex C&NW SD40 heads #271 past Tower CK, as the train races north for St Paul with a short 12 car train.

Originally beginning its life as DRG&W 5335, CITX 2794 is still making its keep, now working on the DM&E. With the sanders going, and the engine notched up to 5, train 637 grinds up the 1.8% grade... (more)

Just by luck I caught a CN northbound land barge behind my hotel in Virginia. 2 CN C44's and brand new NRE 700 head towards the setting sun with a massive train in tow.

UP 617 glimmers in the final rays of an Autumn sun as it heads back for the yard. While switching River and Rail, 01 put 4 on the ground, so they could only take these 17 cars back with them.

A Rio Grande veteran heads train 637 up Stockton Hill on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Leasers like this are becoming more and more common by the day on the DM&E.

Conductor Chris sticks his head out of the cab of CP 6038 heading a 581 through Winona.

Dispatch promised this massive eastbound train a clear shot to River Junction, and that it received. Soo 6051, DM&E 6083, and NS 9267 make for quite a unique lash-up on this all-rack #282, rolling... (more)

Now thats a neat red unit on the DME! StL&H 5593, DM&E 6368, and CITX 3090 are at the 10MPH crawl as they approach the connection at CK. At first sight I thought the leader was a red DME bomber, b... (more)

CP 5966, DM&E 6363, IC&E 6454, and Soo 4412 pull a rather short, 57 car 486 up the DM7E connection at Tower CK. Sure is nice of CP to put them in alphabetical order.

Minutes before 7AM train 170 approaches CK with a classy blue and yellow trio, and 30 cars.

Running at restricted speeds, 283 crawls up the main at Homer. Meanwhile train 170 is just entering the east end of the siding. Sure is great to see a pair of nice looking SD60's together.