Two DM&E SD40-3's (ex-Canadian Pacific SD40's) lead a southbound empty grain train across the Union Pacific in Clinton, IA.

The wayfreight crosses Civic Center Drive and heads down the ex-CGW branch to deliver cars to Seneca Foods.

A pure DM&E lash-up, consisting of four SD40-2's, lead by 6086, an ex-CP, slows to a stop at Nahant Yard.

DM&E SD40-2 6069 and IC&E SD40-2 6427 back towards the roundhouse at Nahant Yard.

The inbound ethanol train assualts the grade out of Savanna.

MCCHU is stopped at the East Switch at Elkton to setout their 6th unit, ICE 6452 for the ethanol train. Not too many places where you'll have to be in 2 states to setout an engine. The Minnesota-S... (more)

Flowers are blooming, as DME 6366 waits just east of Iowa Interstate's Rock Island yard for IAIS to finish switching the yard.

This ethanol train is parked at the Minnesota-South Dakota boarder waiting on a unit off a CCHU and the Brooking Wayfreight crew to both show up. Once those 2 things are in place the train will ma... (more)

A 46 car Huron, SD to Mason City, IA manifest train is off the long slow 10mph jointed track east of Verdi, MN. The train is picking up speed as it makes its way thru the valleys around Lake Bento... (more)

This 1929, 90 pound rail has seen better days. The DME is working on replacing alot of older rail with new 136 pound rail with their RIFT loan they received from the FRA. This section between Verd... (more)

DM&E 6359, the one of a kind Mount Rushmore locomotive, made a nice appearance today at IC&E's Nahant Yard. It idles away, along with some fellow IC&E and DM&E locomotives.

The nose of DME 6082 in the hot 104 degree summer sun at Pierre just west of the Missouri River Bridge on MHURC-24.

ICE KCSP rolls west out of Donehower.