Two DM&E SD40-3s bring the Sprint Train east through Pewaukee.

After completing my first year of Physical Therapy school and driving 7 1/2 hours back to Minnesota, this was a pleasant way to end the day. The daily westbound, train 277, makes its way through t... (more)

The City of Pierre leads an all blue consist with units from 4 different companies under the new cantilever signal bridge a River Jct. Railroad: Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: La Crescent, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: DME 6201
Train ID: CP 276-20
Photo Date: October 22, 2011

Empty elevator tracks allow this shof of a haggard looking "Dual Flags" SD40 leading train 580 through town.

Westbound #277 has just past over the CN Waukesha Sub at Duplainville. This train is slowing up to meet Amtrak #8 coming east at Pewaukee. This train is the DM&E connection train to the DM&E at Mi... (more)

After slowly rolling through Albert Lea, DME 6091 and CITX 3173 charge west out of town towards Jackson, Minnesota.

9,000 feet of train slam by the historic Brookfield Depot.

Unlike many other times i've shot the 472, this one was a good size one, with more than two units. Here, between Verdi and Lake Benton, they snake their way through the valley at the edge of Buff... (more)

276's crew waits for permission to yard their train, as 272's inbound power hides under the overpass shadows. In the background, a SOO Line Geep can be seen switching the yard.

DM&E Mount Rushmore 6359, IC&E 6412 and CP 5946 arrive at Bensenville with train 276, mixed freight from Huron, SD.

After holding for the Metra rush at Rondout, CP 276 slowly heads east through Northbrook, approaching the cutoff at A-20. DM&E's one of a kind, Mount Rushmore SD40-2 is on the point, followed by a... (more)

Arriving between cloudy stretches this line of tankers was not only well timed but offered visiting power for the River Line - a couple of DM&E SD40s.

DM&E SD40-2 6362 splits the searchlights at A-20 as it leads 182 through Northbrook. Here it will leave the C&M Sub and enter the cut-off to the UP Milwaukee Sub.

On my firs trip to the DM&E since mid March, i was greeted with three trains at Florence. Unfortunately the first train, a BNSF grain shuttle, ate up most of the morning being handed back over to ... (more)

A Barn, knee high corn, and three different markers of the Milwaukee Road, does it get much more Midwestern? An Ex MILW SD40-2 swings past a MILW flanger sign on former MILW trackage as the IC&E W... (more)