DM&E GP40-2 4002, one of the anniversary units, switches at Nahant Yard.

The DME 4002, CP 4452 and CP 5040 sit in Brunswick yard after bringing in a grain train for Miller Milling. In the background a pair of CSX engines can be seen backing against their train on track... (more)

All is silent as a light snow begins to fall in the small town of Sullivan, Ohio on a bitterly cold Winter evening. That silence is soon broken as loaded grain train G008 rolls through town led by... (more)

After being used today on CP Train B91-19, this matching pair of blue and yellow GP40's rest in 201 Track, the North Ramp, at KCS Knoche Yard in good company, as the next track over is occupied by... (more)

A pair of DM&E GP40's bring CP Train B91-19 under the Milwaukee Road vintage searchlight signal bridge at the north end of the Truman Drawbridge. They ran light out of KCS Knoche Yard to Liberty,... (more)

DM&E GP40-2 4002 switches at Nahant Yard. DM&E/IC&E units are getting few and far between.

DME 4002 Throttles up as it leaves Newport leading the H-20 bound for La Crosse, WI.

Transfer freight from KCS Knoche Yard to UP 18th Street Yard comes down off the KCT High Line into Armourdale behind a pair of blue and yellow Geeps just before sunset.

Leading a mixed freight over the UP at Clinton, a pair of DM&E units prepare to work an industry just east of town.

A group of ETDs needing repairs is laid out in orderly fashion in front of the yard office.

DME's "Spirit of 86" GP40, dedictated to DME employees is parked on a yard track at Clinton, Iowa on Veterans Day, 2009.

DME anniversary unit sits in Dubuque yard with new red reflective striping

The ICE fall color special heads back north to Dubuque. The overcast skies were a mixed blessing, allowing for some shots that would be horribly backlit on a sunny day.

Today the ICE Fall Color Special also makes an appearance as it leans into the old Milwaukee Road curve at Norma.

The IC&E Fall Colors Excursion Train heads south along the Mississippi River at Lansing. With the impending sale to the CP, will this be the last year for these excursions?