The Nitrin Job heads east over the IAIS to cross the Mississippi River into Illinois with 2 of the 3 remaining GP9's left on the DME roster (103, 105 & 114). The NREX 7237 is being taken to NRE i... (more)

Train 276, led by a pair of blue and yellow leaders, crosses over a small wooden trestle in rural Minnesota.

The Nitrin Job makes its way back to Nahant with 2 of the 3 ex-SOO GP9s still on the roster and a pair of CITX rent-a-wrecks out of NRE.

Train 276 crosses over Union Pacific's Spine Line in Owatonna, MN. This is a perfect location for an over/under shot but low train volumes make timing very difficult.

A four pack of SD40-2's lead train 276 east over a rural country road on a beautiful Sunday morning in mid December. The snow on the gravel road would be melted by the time we returned to catch t... (more)

CP's B73 local heads up the former RI Golden State mainline towards Missouri Div. Junction where the train will take Iowa Interstate rails into Illinois.

Led by two blue and yellow units, train 276 has just begun its journey east as it makes its way through Waseca, MN. The crew will conduct a rolling meet with the 277 in Dodge Center and then cont... (more)

Two ex-Soo GP9's return from interchange work with IAIS at N Division Street.

Two ex-Soo GP9's hauling 6 SD40-2's over to NRE in Silvis along with 11 cars of local interchange roll over the Government Bridge. The lashup consists of ICE 103, ICE 105, CEFX 3172, CP 60??, CP ... (more)

A crew has just boarded train 276 and will perform a few last minute checks before departing for Winona. Hard to believe we are only a week away from Christmas and southern Minnesota is a snow fr... (more)

A pair of good lookin' EMD's howl through the large valley just south and west of Lake Benton, MN. After a few sharp curves, the tracks head west-northwest into South Dakota.

A pair of ICE units throttle up as they crawl out of the yard at Tracy and onto the Huron Subdivision. Temps are rising into the 50's on this beautiful December day. Temps should be well below f... (more)

Ethanol empties are only a few hunderd feet into their short, but time consuming trip just across the MN/SD border.

A total of 81 empties finally get underway after a long wait in the siding at Elkton, SD for crews to repair a broken rail, and an eastbound to pass. Its December 18th and the temperature is 55 de... (more)

The nice variety of EMDs continues on the daily St. Paul - Kansas City Manifest Train as it eases through Lansing.