948 has just added the plow and the head 2 units at Fairmont. Now they pull onto the UP for the 8 mile trip over the Fairmont Sub to Welcome, MN and back to home rails. 948 ran yesterday as far as... (more)
Heavy snow begins to fall as the Jordan Ditcher works their way north out of Grafton. The ditcher will work all the way to Jackson, MN on this trip over the next 5 days. Heavy winds have pretty mu... (more)
The Wells Day Job is working west towards Jackson, MN today. Here the crew is picking up alittle snow as they near Winnebago. In a couple miles they will be stopping to setout 10 tanks for Cornplu... (more)
A crossing shot, don't normly get a drift right at the crossing.
Cleaning up the Drifts that blew in after the ditcher ran the week before. And no i was past the snow, by looking at the chunks from the last pass and not shooting by them you don't get hit.
Due to a broken rail on the CP River Subdivision near Red Wing, MN the MSPKC is running late today. A new crew took over at LaCrescent, MN and in this image they are at the Kains Siding south of ... (more)
Due to a broken rail on the CP River Subdivision near Red Wing, MN the MSPKC is running late today. A new crew took over at LaCrescent, MN and in this image they are nearing the M.P. 132.4 Detect... (more)
Having added 2 more SD40-2 to the front and having only 20 cars they pull free of the snow.
Having just cut off there train, slowly approaching the train that is stuck in a long drift.
St. Paul - Kansas City Manifest train rolls through the Dakota S-curve. The unfortunate red leader on this train meant no chase south to Marquette, IA would happen for this photographer.
The Minnesota City to Huron manifest works west with 93 cars through Preston, SD.
The Minnesota City to Huron manifest works west with 93 cars through Hetland, SD.
The Minnesota City to Huron manifest works west with 93 cars through a snow-filled cut on a cold, but beautifully sunny January day.
CCHU makes a setout in Rudd on the last day of DME & ICE's independence.