Just a bit of snow can make the show

After spending 3 hours pushing back the drifts on Alden hill, the ditcher is now making a mad dash for Hayward to get in the clear for a LMC that is getting short on time. The snow has begun to fa... (more)

I cross country skied west from the Soda Springs railroad crossing about 1/2 mile to get this shot.

The ditcher has made 2 passes thru this decent drift at the top of Alden hill with the wings out to push the snow back, now MofW had the crew back up about a mile to hit this drift at 40 mph to cl... (more)

A westbound manifest approaches the Norden shed....those trees are covered in snow and look magnificent.

There are two big wind turbines in the background that are completely lost in the heavy snow fall as CN 2626 eases it train down Byron Hill into Fond du Lac, WI.

CN's G843 is Plowing plenty of snow across the Dubuque Sub today as seen in the photo they are just hitting small ones at speed at this point on the East end of Beth siding. They could of used a ... (more)

CN 2273 just makes it over Byron Hill with the help of 2 helpers.

After winter storm Isabella dropped 10" of snow on the Oshkosh Sub, WSOR sent a plow extra ahead of the daily road train.

After winter storm Isabella dropped 10" of snow on the Oshkosh Sub, WSOR sent a plow extra ahead of the daily road train.

This is CN 2273's 2nd attempt at Byron Hill, climbing very slowly even with helpers pushing from behind.

Stuck!!! Eight hours of digging still could not free the 13-car train under it's own power.

Stuck!!! Not so much by the drifts ahead of the movement but by the press of the concrete-like snow on the sides of the train.

The forecast called for snow flurries. Well, we got snow flurries alright... five inches of snow flurries. The train on the left is the M-SUPMIN, the passing train is a Clay Boswell coal empty f... (more)

After two storms dumped 20 inches of snow across the northland, an arctic blast has put its grip across the region as this SD70ACe put in on the house track with a SD70MAC wait in the silence of t... (more)