It's well after sunset the train will run all night working it's way to Marquette,IA and South to Savanna,IL and on to Chicago.

A loaded ethanol train out of Welcome, MN, is about to Nora Springs via the Iowa Northern. The DM&E uses the Iowa Northern between Plymouth and Nora Springs so trains don't have to go to Mason Cit... (more)

A loaded ethanol train out of Welcome, MN, makes their way east towards Marquette. The train is passing MP 92 as they start downhill into Charles City with 81 cars and IC&E 6217, DM&E 6200, CSXT 6... (more)

Only a few minutes from sunset, this loaded ethanol train out of Welcome, MN, makes their way east towards Marquette. The train is working upgrade into New Hampton, MP 70, with 81 loads and IC&E 6... (more)

My favorite IC&E motor heads train #170 down the River Sub, with 2 NREX (Rent-a-wrecks) trailing.

A pair of SD40-2's works in the snow at Bensenville Yard.

A perfectly matching blue and yellow trio begin their climb of Stockton Hill on a beautiful September afternoon.

Last year DME ran plow after plow to keep the drifts at bay.

ICE 6430, 6428 & 6400 head westbound on the old B&O as they pass what is left of the farm fields that once held lots of corn, while off to the right out of sight sits the new North Baltimore yard,... (more)

I call this one 'Rural Railroad Crossings'. A southbound manifest crawls along at 10 mph just north of Blooming Prairie. The John Deere tractor with a snow blower showed up as if on queue!

After leaving KCS-Knoche Yard, train 170 charges north towards St. Paul, MN....

The City of Cordova rests in Clinton Iowa along with DME 3800 idling away in a pocket track waiting for their next shift.

IC&E 6446 heads east, passing Cal Tower.

Running down the former MoPac main, a pair of blue and yellows are in charge of a southbound ethanol train, that would get onto the CSX in town. This is my 2000th photo on RailPictures.Net.