After meeting 496 at Paynesville, 499 is back on the move behind a very nice matched set of power.

Yet again I return to my favorite barn shot, this time with IC&E 6217 leading ethanol empties train #627.

Power sits in Waseca yard for the next mainfest. This will most likely head out on either a 287 or 286.

My shot of the day, 3 EMDs lead a short 276 by the Sturtevant depot.

A matched set of blue and yellow SD40-2's leads the 499 across Minnesota on a gorgeous fall day.

Bathed in sweet evening light, train 499 rolls on toward Glenwood.

A trio of blue and yellow locomotives cast a reflection in a small creek as they approach Paynesville, MN.

After sitting at signal 11 for several hours due to congestion ahead, K636 gets under way on a nice fall day.

CSX empty ethanol train K637 rolls through Bergen NY on a nice fall day.

This Spencer, IA, to Mason City, IA, local watches the sun set as they heads east towards Mason City with a Hartley ethanol train and loads out of AGP at Emmetsburg. This Hartley train will run ou... (more)

This Hartley ethanol train begins the climbing out of Charles City as the sun has just started a new day. Charles City is the 1st of may 1% grades this train will cross between Charles City and Ca... (more)

A loaded Hartley ethanol train gets digging in at MP 79 as they begin the next 1% climbing into Ionia. Mason City Sub is anything but flat, as these 4 units will get a workout all the way to Calma... (more)

With the sun set and dynamic brakes howling, the Spencer, IA, to Mason City, IA, drops down into the river valley at Algona. The train is a few miles west of Hobarton with 23 AGP loads out of Emme... (more)

The Spencer, IA, to Mason City, IA, local rolls over the detector east of Cylinder, MP 184. This is the B40's crew heading back to Mason City with 23 cars out of AGP at Emmetsburg, IA, and a loade... (more)

A deadhead move of the DM&E business train heading for the state capital city of Pierre, South Dakota and a Governor's special.