K632-28 approaches the Depew AMTK station passing a pile of ties on there way out of Buffalo.

K632-28 throttles up as they make there way out of town after a quick stop in Buffalo with ICE 6421 at the helm.

A nice trio of Blue and Golds pull down to the west end of the yard for headroom.

Run-thru power of the IC&E and DM&E head west into the sunset, nearing Chicago connections.

Another matched blue and yellow set of engines. It doesn't get much better......

Another nice set of blue and yellow engines made for a great evening.

Early morning light highlghts DME 170 as it rolls along the Mississippi River at Lansing.

A classic Midwest scene along the DM&E railroad.

A cold front has dumped 6 inches of snow across northern Illinois. As the first train over this line since the storm MBEMC blasts through the drifts like a destroyer at flank speed. Prepare for bl... (more)

After slugging it out with Mother Nature in near whiteout conditions across northern Illinois MBEMC finds some sunshine just west of Stillman Valley, IL

MBEMC passes under IL Route 72 just wast of Kirkland. In another 10 miles it will work the yard at Davis Jct before heading for Savanna and points west.

In advance of the coldest weather in decades Chicago is in the midst of a 10 inch snowfall. The ICE MBEMC has just passed B17 in Bensenville. The trio of SD40-2s will head across northern Illinois... (more)

ICE's daily Belt Railway Chicago - Nahant, IA manifest is being led by three matching SD40-2's in blue and yellow.

A Mason City-Chicago extra sits in the siding while the crew waits 2 hours for the crew van to show up from Marquette.