Back in the IC&E days a northbound freight rumbles across the Turkey River at Turkey River. This location is on a bluff that has access, but I have heard sometimes snakes can be a bother up here. ... (more)

ICE on the Mohawk. A loaded ethanol train for North Jersey, running on CSX as K644, rolls east along the Mohawk River at sunset behind IC&E/DM&E power. A nice way to end a sunny da... (more)

CP 277 slows down as it nears the B&B where the crew will receive their orders for their set-out at LaCrescent, MN.

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.

Three SD40-2's and the Rochester local (GP40) lead this mixed freight west out of Kasson, MN. This westbound would meet with a waiting eastbound (just beyond my right shoulder) and continue on to... (more)

Running hard with an empty ethanol and crossing the new bridge over Bloody Run Creek and on the only true Iowa Horse shoe curve.

Digging hard at about 8MPH on a 1.8% Calmar Hill, It gets lit well in the Summer AM

ICE 6410 and 3 sisters prepare to bounce across the BNSF in Savanna after S TCELPC clears the diamonds...

The train some what levels out as the EMD's pick up speed eastbound.

Sanders on and in notch 8, you can here the train coming for miles as they struggle up grade and wind through the S curves of Red Barn. ...Not to mention the Leslie RS5T air horn screaming along w... (more)

The set of EMD's struggle up grade out of the river valley on their trek eastbound toward BRC Clearing.

With the MMCMQ in the clear, the coal train is pulling down the main to line the switch back before heading west again. These 100 cars of coal were bound for Austin, MN (50) and Rochester, MN (50)... (more)

Uphill slow and downhill fast, that is how the trip has gone so far for these 100 loads of coal on this Chicago, ILL to Mason City, IA extra. The engineer is throttling off here to coast down hill... (more)