A cool EMD lash on 484 crawls out The Wash while 281's autorack express works west into Muskego Yard.

A pair of EMD's lead either a 633 or 643 west through the town of Kasson, MN on a gorgeous May evening. The The ethanol empties are either bound for Janesville, MN or Aurora, SD. Rail traffic al... (more)

A pair of EMD's lead either a 633 or 643 west through the town of Byron, MN on a gorgeous May evening. The ethanol empties are either bound for Janesville, MN or Aurora, SD. Rail traffic along t... (more)

IC&E SD40-2 6429 leads a 643 ethanol train north through Des Plaines.

CP 277 rolls into Waseca behind a trio of blue and golds.

The special guest Iowa Chicago and Eastern leans into a curve in Casparis, leading this ethanol train on Track 2 east after getting CSX help added to the back end. ICE 6429 (named City of Fairmont... (more)

Another short 171 heads north on the CP. Since splitting the traffic between four trains (170/171, 270/271) and returning the Chicago-bound traffic back to routing across Northern Illinois, these... (more)

After holding east of the NS Diamond at West St. Joe, K645 is back on the move and closing in on a recrew at Garrett. Up front is a great trio of EMD's: ICE 6429, CITX 3082 and SOO 6037.

After cutting away from its train south of town, train 271 pulls forward with a large cut of Herzog cars. They will back into the yard, set out the cars and then back onto their train and head we... (more)

A 149 car manifest rolls toward Mason City.

Having added 2 more SD40-2 to the front and having only 20 cars they pull free of the snow.

EMD 6429 leads an ICE northbound into the yard.

Due to a derailment on the Turkey River Bridge on the IC&E Marquette Subdivision, IC&E and DM&E trains are detouring over the CP from LaCrescent, MN - Chicago, IL. For probably the first time in ... (more)

After a 3 hour wait for its southbound counterpart in the Kains siding on the IC&E Marquette Subdivision and after dropping off cars at LaCrescent, MN for the CP, the MKCSP heads north towards St.... (more)

After a 3 hour wait for its southbound counterpart in the Kains siding on the IC&E Marquette Subdivision and after dropping off cars at LaCrescent, MN for the CP, the MKCSP heads north towards St.... (more)