With a view like this and a train on the bridge, what more can you ask for?

Empty BNSF Grain Train heading west across the CN Mississippi River Bridge with a CN crew on board. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)

Kansas City - St. Paul Merchandise Train passes through Lansing on its way to LaCrescent, MN.

Another MILW 261 shot from Dakota.

Remote Control Switch Engine utilizing the new Remote Control Switch Track at La Crosse.

Even with a yellow frame stripe, it's a real treat to get three black IC engines on one train these days! Regular Merchandise Train from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL.

Due to a broken rail on the CP River Subdivision near Red Wing, MN the MSPKC is running late today. A new crew took over at LaCrescent, MN and in this image they are nearing the M.P. 132.4 Detect... (more)

A Movie Star heads for home after loading up on coal in La Crosse.

The third and last southbound out of Marquette, IA on October 4th crosses the Turkey River Bridge south of Guttenberg. There is plenty of evidence of the rebuilding project necessitated by a dera... (more)

Empty Unit Coke Train heading to Roseport, MN. I finally got this trio in good light after months of watching them go by on cloudy, dark days. In this image, the train is heading north through C... (more)

U.S. Army 60 Ton Switcher, Serial #61228, re-built in 1988. CAT 500 HP engine.

Unit coal train to Columbia Power Plant near Portage, WI heads south through the Dakota S-curve.

Long-distance local from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL heads east through Northern Illinois farmland.

Regular Merchandise Train from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL heading east towards Dubuque, IA.