Amtrak #8, the Empire Builder, blows by Canadian Pacific #589, parked in the Frontenac siding, at about 65 mph.

BNSF 4978 east breaks the silence on a quiet spring afternoon. Tv 320, F 9.0, ISO 100.

A couple of former CP SD40s lead a WB train across the plains near New Underwood.

Tv 1/320, F 8.0, ISO 100, 43.2 mm

A pair of UP C44ACs in between jobs at the Weston Power Plant.

Because of a snowstorm in the upper Midwest on March 1 and 2, UP decided to detour GDS6QO from the Spine to the Omaha and Overland via Chicago, seen here at Merrillan.

The daily Valley Park to Proviso manifest kicks up snow on a clear March morning in Fall Creek, WI, east of Altoona.

A WB manifest is about to storm across CR 23 between Minnesota City and Stockton.

Tv 1/320, F 11.0, ISO 200, 112.0 mm

MWIWA from Highway 14 near Chester. Tv 400, F 7.1, ISO 100, 35.2 mm

Tv 1/320, F 8.0, ISO 100, 88.0 mm

Tv 1/320, F 7.1, ISO 100, 56.0 mm

MNPSS slows for a 10 mph order due to spring rains.

An EB train crosses one of the many former Milw bridges along the Mississippi. Tv 320, F 8.0, ISO 100, 43.2 mm