A UP coal train makes it's way through corn fields that are still flooded from early June.
An eastbound BNSF intermodal train races the ice flow on the Mississippi River.
The 3 Hill is only half way down Pine Hill, but since the brakes were set before leaving the yard there is already a significant amount of brake shoe smoke. The Hill Job is definately my favorite ... (more)
I've been waiting a year for this shot and finally got it on the last day of independence. CCHU passes the MILW station sign at Nora, a sign that has seen MILW, SOO, CP, IMRL, ICE, and now CP once... (more)
A 7 Scale Test claws it's way up Pine Hill past the scale.
The ICE and it's employees move forward into the unknown on their last day of independence. Tomorrow will bring CP ownership and new oppertunities. “You won’t be smiling for long when it’s a... (more)
The Cubs game booms loud from the plant manager's pickup as he overlooks the loading of a long cut of hoppers on a lazy summer Friday in central Illinois.
The North Job crosses the ICE's line north out of Mason City at Plymouth Jct. This is where the ICE gets on the IANR to bypass a track arrangement in Mason City.
HUCC gets underway after making a pickup off the IANR in Nora Springs
SOO 1003 awaits a front end loader to load coal before heading for Plymouth, WI with the Santa Train.
A Mason City-Chicago extra sits in the siding while the crew waits 2 hours for the crew van to show up from Marquette.
