Sun rises on DME's 20 Anniversary unit waiting for a crew at Dubuque

Regular Manifest Train from Huron - Chicago Clearing rounding the bend north of Bellevue, IA.

Regular Manifest Train from Huron - Chicago Clearing street running through Bellevue, IA.

20th Anniversary Engine sitting on the siding near NSS Dubuque waiting for a crew.

86 miles from Marquette, a Marquette to Mason City manifest train is topping the hill near Charles City nicknamed Double Day. 7 units power the 42 car train towards Mason City.

Regular Manifest Train from Huron - Chicago Clearing rolling along through the Iowa countryside.

Busy day around Bellevue. As one barge exits the lock, another gets in position for its turn while the Huron - Chicago Clearing Manifest Train slowly works its way through town.

Six blue & yellow SD40-2's lead a westbound toward Mason City.

An eastbound heads for Owatonna and the connection with the IC&E and eventually ending up in Chicago.

A pair of SD40-2s hustle west through rural Illinois.

A pair of ICE trains, the eastbound showing signs of the wintery conditions to the west, meet at Adeline siding, just west of Byron, IL.

Train a head has a car on the ground . There not going to move much today

Westbound Chicago Clearing Yard, IL to Huron, SD manifest train works uphill out of Nora Springs. The train is passing the eastbound distant signal for the diamond with the Iowa Northern at Nora.

After a 64 mile chase, we bring it to a close with the DM&E 6054 leading the M-CCHU through a cut in rural Leaf River, Illinois.

DM&E 6054 is stopped in Addeline Siding to let the M-HUCC pass. The condition of the siding is noted as it looks like the train is derailed even though it is not.