Rail train from Kansas City to Calmar, IA heads west out of Marquette.

Empty coal train from Superior, WI - Black Thunder Junction, WY. 0-122.

Regular Merchandise Train from Galesburg, IL - Superior, WI. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)

Unit Ore Train from Steelton, MN - Eola, IL rolls south along the Mississippi River.

DME train 170 slowly heads south from LaCrescent towards Marquette, IA. The crew will tie the train down at the Kains siding and cab back to Marquette. A relief crew showed up an hour later, as ... (more)

BNSF Officers Train from Northtown, MN - Chicago, IL for members of the Lexington Group.

CP 2816 and MILW 261 doubleheader taking part in the Grand Excursion 2004.

The knowledge that a crew would be on duty for this train around 1230 was all the incentive I needed to skip out of work for the afternoon. The CP crew parked the train earlier in the morning at ... (more)

Minnesota City - Huron Manifest Train passes the elevator in Lewiston on its trip west.

The IANR Oelwein Job is plodding along with 3 cars.

Chasing The Triplets - CNW 8701, CNW 8575, CNW 8646. Regular Manifest Train from South St. Paul, MN - Proviso Yard, Chicago, IL. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)

Regular Merchandise Train from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL. (Canon EOS20D, 16-35mm f/2.8L USM)

Mason City, IA - Bensenville, IL Manifest Train street running through Bellevue, IA.

Chicago, IL - Waterloo, IA Freight Train with an all-black (and no yellow frame stripes!) engine consist: IC 1020, IC 6007, IC 1033. A pretty rare occurence these days - even after the IC 6004 wa... (more)

The IANR Oelwein Train, led by the Ex-L&N 4021, ex-CSX 2151, ex-LLPX 2151, waits in the yard for the UP Waterloo Local to return from Oelwein.