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.

The buildings of Brownsville line the hillside as train #170 breaks the morning silence rolling south towards Kansas City, MO. The ICE/DME lines can be like a step back in time, with a majority of... (more)

Although I wished the second engine was in the same paint scheme as the leader, I couldn't pass up three EMDs on my favorite train.

Throttled up to 30, a massive train #170 leans into one of the many curves along the Marquette Sub just south of La Crescent. Both the line and lead locomotive are a perfect match, both being once... (more)

B66 bounces down the Rockford Branch, heading south to Davis Junction, where it will perform the day's switching duties.

The DME 4001 and SOO 2016 head south through the town of New Millford, 4001's P5 singing beautifully on this cool, crisp morning.

B66 progresses through downtown Rockford, after switching at the yard.

In Camp Grant, the B66 local heads south down IR's Rockford Branch, bound for Davis Junction. In charge is DME 4001, one of the units that was involved in the fatal wreck in Bettendorf, IA. Second... (more)

Couldn't ask for a better way to spend my Thanksgiving and birthday! A westbound freight crosses back onto the mainline and continues west after meeting an eastbound freight at the Dodge Center s... (more)

Couldn't ask for a better way to spend my Thanksgiving and birthday! I assumed the DM&E would be quiet on Thanksgiving day but instead was treated to this almost perfect lash-up of blue and yello... (more)

With 6068 "Joe Chulick" in the lead, CP 170 notches up out of the yard limits at River Junction with 11,050 tons on the drawbar.

Our second DME lead train in under an hour, the City of Pierre slams Donehower West at track speed... under the late fall colors of the Mississippi River Valley.

The 576 train passes the foundation of Culver Tower where the MILW mainline diverged from the Rock Island. NREX 7223 is on the Rock Island main.

Beautiful morning light is what I like for taking photographs, but the low sun angle can cause too much glare on these beautiful locomotives.

A three man crew enjoys a nice summer evening with the door open as they lead their westbound freight into the siding at Dodge Center, MN. They will meet an eastbound before proceeding further we... (more)