A loaded Staley Grain Train is sitting at Highview trying to get air pressure on the train after picking up the last 50 cars on this grain train. The train would sit for about 5 hours to let the s... (more)

The Grand Forks, ND, to Belt Railway Clearing Yard in Chicago, IL, high priority manifest train works past a parked LPC stack train at Burke Siding on the east side of Savanna. This train has 100 ... (more)

A Logistic Park, IL, stack train rolls across the Illinois countryside as it makes its way east towards Chicago on the C&I. This train is currently between Chadwick and Milledgeville.

This Grand Forks, ND, to Belt Clearing Yard, in Chicago, IL, manifest train is working east between Chadwick and Milledgeville on the C&I. The train has 100 loads and 19 empties, with a lone BNSF ... (more)

This Chicago, IL, to Dilworth, MN, vehicle train accelerates out of Savanna as a loaded sand train holds at CP 1462 for traffic to clear off the Barstow Sub. SD70MAC's aren't real common in genera... (more)

A DP unit on a loaded coal train is about to stop due to the traffic jam ahead at Ottumwa due to the crossing accident at Batavia. The train is passing thru the new control point at 2881, ISU Swit... (more)

This loaded coal train is bound for Calvert City, KY, for DTE Coal Services, via PAL Paducah, KY, to Jessup Grand River Barge Terminal. Here this train is on the BNSF side still in central souther... (more)

A southbound unit train rolls pass the small town of Trempealeau on a snowy evening. Trempealeau is located between Winona and La Crosse along the Mississippi River.

An eastbound coal train has just meet an empty train a few miles west of Mullens on the long double track section. This loaded coal train is working thru the Sand Hills of western Nebraska between... (more)

The new H-1 Dash 9's were just starting to get common on train in early 1998. Here a westbound Z-train has 3 fairly new Dash 9's and is about to Burke Siding east of Savanna.

A westbound intermodal train is about to the Summit of Marias Pass. Here the train pases thru Summit and back onto double track.

Eastbound intermodal train makes its way towards Ravenna, NE. As you can see August is a good time to visit the Sand Hills cause the wildflowers are normally in bloom.

Westbound intermodal train makes its way towards Alliance, NE, as it passes thru the wildflowers time in the Sand Hills.

An eastbound CN grain train is about to pass under interstate 35 in central Iowa. This is a Staley Grain Shuttle that was loaded in 2 elevators east of Ft. Dodge. The CN in 2006 was way short powe... (more)

An eastbound coal train is about to crossover at CTC Connett enroute to Galesburg. This train has just crossed the Mississippi River at Burlington, IA, and is now on the Illinois side of the river... (more)