Starting his career on the IMRL, this friendly engineer now does his railroading on the BNSF Railway.
Job 01 has train LTA-42 fully assembled and all ready to go on the old mainline, while an aging Northwestern switch stand battles a late April snow storm.
After completing a pick-up, waiting on a westbound BNSF Z train, and then one east on the CP, Northtown-Galesburg gets moving east out of North La Crosse.
A BNSF hopper train glides downgrade through Division Street on its journey east.
CP 8551 splits 10th street as it heads 199 west up the River Sub.
Just another day in the Wisconsin Southern locomotive shops in Janesville.
With an eastbound all tucked away in the siding at Weaver, Soo 6026, 6036, 6039, 6057, and 4431 motor west on 283.
With 8 Soo 60's in the rebuilding program, it's my goal to get as many of the remaining ones as possible. On a great September afternoon, Soo 6029 and 6035 provide the pulling power on train #280.... (more)
A beautiful IC&E SD40-2 rolls past a farm just outside of Minnesota City. Sure made the first day of 11th grade better after chasing this guy.
An MRL SD40-2XR and a pair of candy apple Soo SD60's race westward through Minnesota City on empty coke train #891.
Crawling out of the shadows casted by the tiny town of Utica, HLCX 8089 leads train #277 west on the Weseca Sub under some epic storm lighting!
SP visits the land of 10,000 lakes! Southern Pacific 9732 idles in front of the yard office, while Job 01 drags a cut of Northwestern hoppers out of the yard.
They sure got the order of this lash-up correct! CSX SD40-2 8067 heads a pair of 400 series CSX AC44's on loaded coke train #804.
Road train LTA-42 backs out of the yard, past the power for switch job 01. Sadly this is about the busiest the yard gets anymore...
Soo 6059, 6053, and 4603 got em' rolling good as the rocket out of Weaver West, heading for Midland for some quality sitting time...