iCE 6100 on the point of a CP mixed freight idling on the edge of town at 08:30
CP train 276 glides down grade through the S curves just before entering Wisconsin Dells.
ICE Russell plow 100251 charges into a cut just east of Jackson. They had come through earlier and were headed back east in a brutal wind that was filling the cuts as fast as they could plow.
Hard to believe the two wood frame grain elevators are still standing, let alone in service (although not shipping rail). Manitoba doesn't have anything on the grain elevators of Southwest Minnes... (more)
A DM&E train bound for Chicago passes a nicely restored depot, which is now earning a living as a section house for MOW employees.
After meeting 2 trains at Green Island Siding, the daily train from Chicago to Huron, SD is crossing the swollen Maquoketa River. The river is high due to the remnants of Hurricane Ike, however t... (more)
On it's way from Huron, SD to the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard, a DM&E train wakes up the town of Sleepy Eye.
A quartet of blue and gold EMDs rounds a curve en route down to Rapid City. They will return to Belle Fourche later in the day.
