3 IC&E's and 2 CP's bring ethanol west through Ohio on the NS Chicago main.

A pair of matched ICE'r units pull hard on the daily 485 manifest after crossing the diamond at Duplainville.

A rare pair of northern visitors power Norfolk Southern Jacksonville,FL - Chicago,IL intermodal train #282. Some wild consists have been running around due to railroads being short on power and Im... (more)

Back in 2009, in southwestern Minnesota, the Wells day job works west on the Jackson Sub trying to open the line back up to the west end of the line at Jackson. Here 948 hammers along at 40 mph wi... (more)

A pair of SD40-2's start out eastbound from the Thief River Falls yard led by Iowa, Chicago & Eastern 6401 with one car in tow past the classic SOO Line Depot in downtown Thief River Falls. The t... (more)

Back in 2009, the DM&E worked their Jordan Spreader west of Mason City to Spencer. The spreader worked on pushing back drifts along the 100 mile route. Here the job is on alittle break between dri... (more)

A colorful lash guides this grain manifest past the search lights at Duplainville

CP 6047 rolls East towards Chicago, through the curves of Elmwood Park.

ICE 6216 rolls East towards Chicago, through the curves of Elmwood Park.

A late running Q556 holds the main at Rockdale as it waits for a recrew, before continuing east onto Metra rails in Joliet. It's a rare sight this morning as an IC&E SD40-2 leads the way.

IC&E SD40-2 6457 and CSX C40-8 7521 lead easbound train Q556 past two famous icons, Joliet Union Station and UD Tower.

The old Rock Island in Joliet is the last place one would expect to shoot an IC&E, but that's exactly what we have here on this sunny afternoon, as SD40-2 6457 leads the Q556 out of town.

A westbound grain train with a mix of ICE, NS, and CP power accelerates out of Murray Siding in the distance and makes its way through Belgrade as the sun breaks the horizon on another sub-zero wi... (more)

CP 471 gets a recrew at Dubuque before making a set out and pickup on its way to Huron, SD.

After making a set out and pickup at Savanna, IL, CP train 473 crosses the Mississippi River bridge with a trio of IC&E SD40-2s.