Pulling hard up a hill, snow, curves, and a old M&StL crossing and 75 cars of grain in to there yard.

ICE/DME power rescue the short BRC transfer at Archer Avenue and ran it to Clearing Yard. Here we see it creeping under the CTA's Orange Line at 55th Street.

Hitting snow Drifts much of the way to Marquette

After a late start to the day and all kind of problems, the ditcher crew is finally on their way towards Spencer at 15:30. They ended up only plowed 10 miles today, and parked at Clear Lake for th... (more)

Running along at 30 mph the Russell Plow cuts thru a small drift along highway 24 east of Calmar. The Russell is making a Marquette turn today to open the cuts up on this 117 miles of track. This ... (more)

The Ditcher is now working on the small drifts near the top of the hill west of Hobarton near MP 175. The sun has finally pop out for a short time on this cold and blustery day. This crew will wor... (more)

The Jordan Dicther is shoving back snow drifts west of Mason City on their way west towards Spencer. Here the ditcher is in one of the bigger drifts between Sexton and Algona. With most of the rai... (more)

Not too many takers for the ice houses on Lake Benton today with an artic blast from the northwest keeping things a tad bit on the chilly side.

Westbound freight encounters fresh snow deposited the night before. Temp -17F with windchill -35F. Boy it was cold.

MMCBE is about to make a set out as a photographer takes a closes up.

Running at 25 do to the cold temps and wind chills down to -25 to -35 we get some drifts from the high winds.

This is the 1st time out this winter for the Russell Snow Plow. This snow plow keeps 2 guys busy trying to blow the horn, run side wings, and run the flanger blade underneath the plow. Here this c... (more)

Neil Vanhorn and Mike Farley are the trusty snow plow crew for the Mason City area. They are onboard the Russell Snow Plow today as they blast thru a snow drift near MP 40, east of Calmar. These 2... (more)

Working upgrade with 26 loads and 1 empty, this Mason City, IA to Bensenville, IL manifest train is plow decent snow around MP 52. Being the only train out here in the past 24 hours, the line has ... (more)

A 20th-anniversary emblem graces the side of a DM&E loco at Nahant Yard.