April 2008 in the Upper Midwest

The class SD70M leads train M-DMDM. This is a turn from Des Moines to Marshalltown and return.

S-CBPS rolls down the ex-RI Spine Line toward Des Moines.

Z-PTLCHC1 rolls past Forest Hills Golf Course.

L-CHI8121 heads out of La Crosse for an afternoon of work.

Local power sitting in the yard.

B-LAUWSP4 hauling empty trailers back to Willow Springs.

CP train 882.

Loaded grain train G-DILBRC with a nice all EMD lashup.

H-LAUGAL leaves La Crosse.

Ballast train tied down in the yard.

CP train 288 with a nice all EMD lashup.

UP train M-ITDM heading south on the ex-RI Spine Line in the late afternoon.

M-HUWA passes by Lime Siding on the east side of town.

DME train M-CCHU.

H-NTWGAL with a clean SD60M leading.

ICE train M-KCSP detouring on the CP all the way from Chicago due to flooding on the ICE north of Dubuque.

E-AUCCX detouring on CP crosses the Black River.

After detouring on the CP, M-CCHU heads south for Marquette, IA. Then it will turn west to head for the DME.