ICE's 6400, "City of Sanborn" and 6458 "City of Montpelier" lead Q275 west out of Cumberland for a climb up Sand Patch. Waiting for the Q to clear is the Sand Patch helper, not needed on Q275 toda... (more)
Train 632 roars down the main as it passes through the small town of Dakota, MN with a trio of ICE SD40-2s. Thankfully the sun popped out for literally seconds, giving us the light we had been wan... (more)
After screaming at some yuppies to get off the tracks and having them stare stupidly at us, the ICE trio thunders through Dakota doing all of the new 60 mph speed limit.
Under the last rays of a glaring sun, ICE 6400 slows to a hault outside of a quiet SE Minnesota town. The crew would proceed to uncouple about 8 cars back and deliver them to a siding on the othe... (more)