Two IC&E SD40-2s lay over in Bethlehem's River Yard. The Sands casino now illuminates the dormant stacks of Bethlehem Steel.
DJ Meet- CP train 472 meet's his counterpart 471 at (DJ) Davis junction. IC&E 6431e scoots downhill, on the mainline, dead trains litter every siding between Elgin and Savanna on this frozen piece... (more)
A CP transfer with a sharp looking ICE unit heads across Tower Avenue en route to BNSF's Yard.
A westbound grain train with a mix of ICE, NS, and CP power accelerates out of Murray Siding in the distance and makes its way through Belgrade as the sun breaks the horizon on another sub-zero wi... (more)
Two railfans head back to their car as 270 winds its way through the clutter of McGregor, IA.
IC&E SD40-2s sandwich a typical CSX GE with ethanol empties heading west for the CP in the midwest. Trains like this have been very common in recent months on CSX in support of the big ethanol boo... (more)
Two Iowa, Chicago & Eastern units lay over on River 4.
3 West bounds today but the only one in good light 2 SD40-3 with 10 hoppers and 100 ethanal cars.
During the spring and summer, good nose light is hard to find for the early morning run from LaCrescent, MN - Marquette, IA. The train is about to pass through the quiet town of Harper's Ferry, I... (more)
Southbound ICE wiats in siding at Edmore
We may be on the right track today but it was a very cold track. When LSN started the day at Sanborn this morning the wind chill was a "warm" -23 below!
Cruising through the Northeast Iowa backwoods
ICE 6431 rolls around the bend, makeing his down to Dubuque.
Regular Merchandise Train from Kansas City, MO - St. Paul, MN heads north on the CP. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)
