L724 briefly gets to crank them up to 25 MPH as they hook the curve at Blynn Road. For the next 50 or so miles between here and Woodman, curves are a pretty rare sight on the Prairie Sub. In fact,... (more)
A Burlington Northern does the honors of charging the grade as it lugs loaded corn hoppers off 5 West. Note the tunnel that is the "overhead" which up til the Conrail clearance pr... (more)
The BNSF's local that runs from Moorhead to the Red River Valley & Western at Breckenridge heads back north at Brushvale as a late afternoon pop up thunderstorm dumps some rain in the distance. Th... (more)
The L724 crew eases West through Mazomanie after relieving Y303. They've got a 102 car string of empty grain hoppers in tow bound for United’s elevator at Boscobel.
Passing over RT 88 in Castle Shannon WLE 6383 leads an empty Coke train eastbound.
Soaring high over Mingo Creek WLE 6383 leads a short empty coke train eastbound.
Corman Season RJCP-02 brings an empty grain train down to Cresson with 4 Corman units up front and 2 NS run-through units.
The Y303 crew has just half a mile to go before being relieved by the Prairie du Chien based L724 at Mazomanie. Y303s day began with a cab ride from Janesville to Zenda, where they boarded a grain... (more)
After the merger, BN SD40-2s were ubiquitous on former Santa Fe lines. Here the 6365 West slams through Camden, MO on the home stretch into Kansas City, passing the old magnetic flagman wig-wag cr... (more)
Y303 ambles along at 10 MPH between Black Earth and Mazomanie.
The Labor Day peace and quite is momentarily interrupted, as WAMX 4196 leads 102 empty grain cars West passed the former Milwaukee Road depot at Black Earth.
BNSF 1958 (SD40-2) leads the Hudson Local east on the Brush Sub through Brighton, Colorado.
UP 1652 (SD40-2) joins other light power waiting for servicing or orders in the North Yard in Denver, Colorado.
Y303 rolls past the Burro Crane in Cross Plains.
A pair of former Burlington Northern SD40-2s tip-toe through Middleton with an empty grain train.
