198 with a decent sized train heads through the plant at Tower CK early Monday morning.

IC&E 6412, a red bomber, and 2 grey CITX motors are on the point on 486-28 getting ready to make a set-out. Meanwhile if you look over the top of train, you can see a second 486 in the distance.

To conclude my "A Day in North America" I was rewarded with Soo 6048 and CP 5926 making great time up the River with a rather shot 499. Here they are seen highballing through Homer on their way to... (more)

With a lack of crews out on the BNSF, trains seem to be going dead everywhere. H-NTWGAL, with a relief crew on board, is moments from departing the lock and damn after spending two hours waiting o... (more)

DM&E 6091 heads M-KCSP south across one of the original bridges on the line. The train is just north of Brownsville, MN as it heads south for Marquette.

A nice EMD powered consist heads coal empties out of Winona on a lovely June afternoon.

In the final minutes of light, train #277 begins its adventure over the Waseca Sub.

Minutes after sun-up, ACe 9274 drags its massive loaded coal train out of the siding at Minnesota City, after meeting a pair of westbounds.

Train #270 slowly pulls down the siding towards the signal at River Junction Proper. With their counterpart waiting for traffic to clear before it enters the mainline, it will still be a few minut... (more)

DM&E 6200 and IC&E 6414 have em' notched up and rolling, swinging into St Charles at 30MPH on the aging jointed rail.

Digging into the steep grade on Stockton Hill, these three horses will have an easy climb today, with only 30 cars of train to get up and over the grade.

After a perfect rolling meet with 487, train 660 twists through Homer with a classic set of SD60's.

A great looking trio of IC&E SD40-2's departs Tower CK on train 636.

498 rattles over the plant at Tower CK early in the morning. Today's train has 40 some cars of pipe, that will be set-out at River Junction for train 170. Once thats done, the crew will hop on cou... (more)

With the throttle open wide, train 660 screams through Minnesota City. Notice the friendly wave from the engineer.