WGN 423 and ex. CNW 400 pose side by side

EE 37 and 27 run light after dropping off a train of sand cars, a local railfan told us that this was the first time the EE ran on a weekend in months.

ITC 1605 idles by Barn 9 at IRM.

UP 3300 the United Way unit, sits in Proviso.

The Double Header with CP 2816 & MILW 261 head toward it's first stop at Red Wing after being held up by the Empire Builder.

The BNSF maintainers rush to get the Tie Crane back on the tracks.

Amtrak 8 heads for the North end of CUS with Cedar Rapids on the rear.

METX 308 & 307 pull 3 CNW Bi-levels past the IRM depot.

The Double Header with CP 2816 & MILW 261 head down Westminster Hill toward St. Paul Union Station

This BN snow plow sits near the Sioux Falls Depot.

MILW 261 accelerates out of Mendota, IL now headed for Galesburg, IL. Note our friend Kevin A. Sadowski sticking his head out the 2nd Amtrak engine.

Metra departs Chicago Union Station making its way toward the BNSF's Chicago Sub for a trip out to Aurora, as an Amtrak SW1200R shuffles around some roadrailers.

PM 1225 slows, as it enters a small town on it's way to Owosso, MI.

The Nebraska Zephyr dinner train makes it's return trip from Kishwaukee Grove.

The 2nd locomotive in our consist had an issue (bad traction motor), and was placed in the BNSF's Gallup yard. We sat for about 2 and a half hours. ISO 100 8" F/8