An eastbound stack train exits the Palisades at the start of CTC on a humid afternoon.

A westbound BNSF Z train hustles along the shore of the Mississippi at the Palisades.

A DC GEVO leads an eastbound stack train through the Palisades. The hillside in the distance is in cloud shadow.

In the last light of the day, a string of VeraSun hoppers makes its way along the Mississippi at the Palisades.

GEVO 7626 leads a westbound Z through the Palisades (as seen from Lookout Point).

Late in the day a low sun reflects the image of two CSX GEs in the Mississippi River as they pull a BNSF unit grain train westward through the Palisades.

The setting sun is just peeking out from behind a cloud layer as an eastbound train of VeraSun hoppers passes the Palisades.

An eastbound BNSF Z train heads south along the Mississippi at the Palisades.

A small group including myself, Tom McNair, Erik Rasmussen, and others, beat the crowds by heading river-side for a wonderful shot of the Daylight next to the Mighty Mississippi.

SP 4449 stops for a service stop at Savanna as a huge crowd shows up to see the action.

Special along the Mississippi river

Having made the turn to the East and is pointed at Chicago, The long clime out of the Mississippi Valley is about half over.

SP 4449 leads the Cross Country Excursion into the north end of Savanna en-route to Train Festival 2009 at Owosso, Michigan. The train will grab some water and grease downtown before continuing ea... (more)

A Z trains rolls westward along the Mississippi with the Palisades on one side and the river on the other.

BNSF is less than a month old and this is still called the LaCrosse sub in the timetable. LMX leaders were fairly common over former BN lines and the rock climbers in the Palisades get a birdseye... (more)