One of four engines wrecked on July 9, 2008 when a boulder fell onto the tracks south of Guttenberg, IA.

The ICE 6417 at the Wyoming/South Dakota state line in northeast Wyoming. A total snow white-out can be seen over taking the train.

The view looking south from the Conductors seat of the ICE 6417 at the Wyoming/South Dakota state line in northeast Wyoming.

The eastbound IC&E running on CP trackage rights starts out of the siding at Minnesota City after meeting a westbound. The ICE6417 is a snoot SD40-2.

Merchandise Train from St. Paul, MN - Kansas City heads south on the CP towards La Crescent, MN and home rails.

The Davis Jct local passes one of the many sets of ex-MILW block signals.

Today's Davis Jct local has a lone SD40-2 instead of the normal pair of GP40-2s.

The eight engine lash-up takes the sweeping curve at a whopping 10 MPH strolling through the West end of Davis Jct.

ICE 6417 struggles to pull his lengthy train over the hills of Monroe Center, IL.

IC&E's Wells Local has finished spotting the ethanol plant at Winnebago and is departing for points west.

Job 948 approaches Interstate 90 near Fairmont, Minn.

From the bikepath bridge, we see IC&E's 924 local shuffling cars around Savanna. The IC&E often blocks the BNSF mainline while switching, sometimes for lengthly periods of time and this day was n... (more)

Loaded Grain Train from Mason City, IA - Belt Railway of Chicago leaves the CNIC joint main and heads down the IC&E Marquette Subdivision. The CNIC track into Iowa is at left. (Canon EOS20D, 16-3... (more)

Loaded Unit Grain Train from Mason City, IA - Belt Railway of Chicago. (Canon EOS20D, 16-35mm f/2.8L USM)