IC&E's MMQMC train westbound at Postville, Iowa
DME 6068 after making a set out at the junk yard, the do all MQMC works its way West.
DME 6068 is meeting ICE 6420 at the NEW Ossian siding
Loaded unit grain train from Mason City, IA - Kansas City passes a little league ball diamond and the fall colors in Guttenberg.
A southbound rock and rolls at 10mph down the ex-MSTL line to Albert Lea. There they'll use UP's Spine Line for the rest of the trip to Mason City, IA.
ICE's daily eastbound holds the main as he prepares to meet MPRCB...a castaway from UP's trackwork-ridden Geneva Sub....
The CCHU picked up the 6068 at Davis Junction. This ex-CP Rail SD40-3 on the west wye at DJ for transport to Huron.
At this point, I began to wonder, does DM&E still run trains with blue and gold locos? Here, the light and paint are poor, but the elevation and earth cut make this interesting.
An eastbound DM&E train at passes Lime Siding on the main.