The Davenport to Mason City local freight train has just stopped to do their work at Jackson Jct. Today's train has set of uncommon power with this pair of geeps. This train and counterpart 476 do... (more)

Cresting a hill something it will do all morning.

Down in a hole heavy in the DB's they will be in run 8 in half a mile.

CP sent 3 repainted Soo SD 60's for a PR shoot.

Mason City, IA, to Kansas City, MO, manifest train races east at sunset at MP 53. This train is about 53 miles west of Marquette, IA, the next crew change and work. The 4 units are working hard on... (more)

Last light of the day with light Glinting off the side.

Working the drifts and is a short way from a stop to inspect at Calmar.

In Dynamic Brakes there dropping in to the Turkey River Valley. I will take this over faded red ex CP's that I normally get.

Crawling over one more hill on its way East.

Hitting the bottom of the sag they still have more of train over the hill as he is still in notch 8, A hard line to run a great one to shoot.

Hitting snow Drifts much of the way to Marquette

Running at 25 do to the cold temps and wind chills down to -25 to -35 we get some drifts from the high winds.

Working upgrade with 26 loads and 1 empty, this Mason City, IA to Bensenville, IL manifest train is plow decent snow around MP 52. Being the only train out here in the past 24 hours, the line has ... (more)

My Christmas present from the ICE. -10 degrees without the wind, 35 mph wind gusts, constant white outs, and awefull road conditions... there's definately nothing else like it in the world.

This Chicago Clearing, IL to Spencer, IA extra coal train bends over the grade at MP 52. The engineer has just throttled down a notch as these poines work hard to get the 13,000 ton train over the... (more)