Dragging out of the siding with an ailing CIT leaser trailing, an IC&E Kansas City, MO-St Paul, MN freight continues north to the Twin Cities.
MKCSP 17 holds the siding at Kains to meet counterpart MSPKC 19. Based on the angle of DME 6070, it looks like the siding could use some cross leveling... however the main is in good condition an... (more)
The daily Kansas City to St. Paul road freight crosses the Root River just south of La Crescent, MN.
Smoking like a train!
An IC&E Trackage Rights train rolls west along the Mississippi River. CITX 2785 has obvious turbo problems, however it was still pulling its fair share of this 111 car freight.
A MoPac Caboose on the rear of UP train MWIAD 19 passes IC&E MKCSP 17, waiting patiently in Donehower Siding. Union Pacific and Iowa, Chicago & Eastern both have trackage rights on CP at this poi... (more)