2003 Updates

October 2003:  MILW 261, "Then & Now," and "Fall in St. Paul"

October 03: CNW 8575 leads southbound on the Spine

Mason City-Des Moines, Plus photos of the "Whimmer Special"

July 03: Contributed Photos from Dan Grossell and Jerry Krug

6/03: Omaha to St Paul:
Two new faces on the old Milwaukee

Iowa and Illinois on the CNW
Photos by Todd Taylor and Joe Pierson

May 03:Twin Cities and Council Bluffs:
CNW, SOO, ICE, CP F Units and more!

April Update:  Territory from Chicago, to Boone, Boone to Mason City, Mason City to the Twin Cities, to Duluth!

CNWHS Iowa Division Meet: Boone, IA

DK&S Training in Arkansas: Soo, CNW, BNSF and Others

St. Paul to Omaha: Auto Trains, CNWs and more

JANUARY 2003

Photo of the Month: Nicely placed CNW 8821 and 8820 haul a unit coal train westbound at Devil's Hollow on the late date of December 29th, 2002.   Its hard to believe that, with over 90% of the 1995 CNW fleet gone, that numerical lashups like this are still possible.

January 27, 2003: a weekend at St. Paul
BNSF 6844, CNW 6858, CP 4513, LLPX 2255, SOO 2064, 4416, 4444, SP 352, UP 2053, 8622


January 21, 2003:  First week in St. Paul, and extras from Des Moines
 CNW 6858, 6871, 6877, 8827, CP 1684, 4407, 5584, SOO 1535, SP 240, UP 617, 2992, 8622, WC 6594

January 6, 2003: Colo to Boone and Des Moines
CNW 8817, 8820, 882, ICE 363, SP 313