Now under "control" of the DM&E an IC&E, ex-SOO GP9, heads west with the "Nitrin Job" through downtown Moline. The SD40-2s came out of the NRE - Silvis facility after having some contract work pe... (more)

St. Paul - Kansas City Manifest Train received a new crew north of New Albin, IA and is now heading for Marquette, IA.

Mason City, IA - Sabula, IA Manifest Train is heading south towards Dubuque, IA where 26 cars will be set out.

With echos rebounding off the bluffs as the ECSCC passes thru Guttenburg

A pigion plays chicken with M-SPKC as it rolls into Marquette

Two that don't exist now Standard and IC&E hope the ICE paint weathers as long.

Savanna, IL to Mason City, IA manifest train rolls along at MP 63 west of Lawler. This power was fairly clean when it went by MP 48 at Ft Atkinson, since then there has been some decent snow drift... (more)

An ICE ethanol train heads south down the BRC at 31st Street.

Passing MP 58, this Savanna, IL to Mason City, IA manifest train is doing alot of plowing a few miles east of Lawler. This train didnt have hardly any snow on the front of the engine at MP 48 but ... (more)

On the last day of independance, several IC&E engines await their next assignment or servicing at Nahant Yard. On January 1, the IC&E would cease to exist, being folded into the DM&E.

The Spencer local pushes thru a decent drift near MP 163, just west of Sexton. With the train traveling 10 mph the snow begins to pile up on the front of the locomotive. This train was loaded at H... (more)

The area around MP 144 is know for drifting in quite a bit. The Ditcher crew is pushing back this drift for the 2nd time this year. You cant hard tell on the north side of the track that it was pu... (more)

As the sun set on another winter day in Iowa, the Spencer local crawls along at 10 mph with a Hartley ethanol train for Chicago. This is the 1st train thru here for the past 24 hours, so these 4 4... (more)

The Mason City local has just come off the Owatonna Sub and is now on the Mason City sub as they pull into Mason City. Due to no wye at Mason City this train will have to be run around before it h... (more)

This Mason City local kicks up snow as they roll south thru Grafton. When this train went over the detector at MP 32 it read out -29 degrees, which means the crew has to have permission to run whe... (more)