Late afternoon light, great fall colors, a great paint scheme leading and a good friend at the throttle. What more can you ask for on a Monday afternoon? BNSF East local heads east towards its f... (more)

After cutting away from its train south of town, train 271 pulls forward with a large cut of Herzog cars. They will back into the yard, set out the cars and then back onto their train and head we... (more)

It's nice to see these ore trains running again after a slumping economy kept them shut down for most of the year.

KCS 4693, KCS 4610, DME 6366, ICE 6450 lead the empty feeder train south through Lansing. Due to a derailment south of Guttenberg, IA this train is taking the long way to Mason City: IC&E from Ka... (more)

It's not every day you see the CNIC freight train from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL with three WC engines. WC 3011, WC 6583, WC 6625. (Canon EOS20D, 300mm f/4.0L IS USM)

An ex-CNW GP38-2 leads the Adams, WI - Winona, MN wayfreight out of the Donehower siding after a meet with CP 182. Included in the train are the usual ex-CNW covered hoppers. The man walking alo... (more)

On a bitter cold January night, CP train 487 sits in the old siding at River Junction waiting for a crew to take it north to the DM&E at Minnesota City. The lights along Interstate 90 provide goo... (more)

As the Mississippi River flooding continues to wreak havoc, ballast trains having been running day and night to fight the rising water. KCS 3967 leads an empty 3GPS north on a rainy Sunday mornin... (more)

261 rolls to a stop in LaCrescent to take on water before continuing its trip south to Kansas City. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)

U.S. Army 60 Ton Switcher, Serial #61259, re-built in 1987. CAT 500 HP engine.

One of the great things about living in La Crosse is the chance to see CP 2816 and MILW 261 on a frequent basis. The photo line started at my truck tailgate. It was nice seeing familiar faces an... (more)

The sun was just starting to rise on Monday morning as 271 made its way north through Lansing, IA. They would meet their southbound counterpart 270 at the Kains siding approximately seven miles n... (more)

Four railroads are represented here - two of which are gone but not forgotten!

MILW 261 stops in LaCrescent for water and grease before backing up the wye to turn the train for the trip back to Winona. I found watching these two workers grease the locomotive just as interes... (more)

CP 2816 lays over at La Crosse while enroute to the Twin Cities.