CN has started to move some of their retire power to Iowa. Those units are box car and DIT, so CN is still able to load up the locomotive consists as needed. Here is the daily Waterloo to Ft. Dodg... (more)

The Council Bluffs locals are now on an evening schedule for their run down to Denison, meet, and flip back. Traffic on this line can be hit and miss as seen tonight. A tiny 8 car train would be ... (more)

A Tara bound empty ethanol train out of eastern Canada, pulls into the Valero plant. The train will yard in the loop tracks just out of site to my left. The UP local in the background is on the UP... (more)

Much to the surprise of us, this tank train out of Williams, OK, had some coal train power on it. It's kind of rare for these parts on the Transcon. Here, the train crosses the Des Moines River on... (more)

An empty oil train is about to cross the CP Chicago Sub at Savanna. While waiting for the Holiday Train, we took in some BNSF action. The BNSF yard here comes and goes on what the need is for.

One of the hottest trains on the Aurora Sub is this Chicago to St. Paul afternoon Z-train. This train has been called "Precious" by many dispatchers over the years. Here, high priority ... (more)

Back in 2006, the BNSF was detouring these Granite City ore trains via Aurora. I don't remember exactly why, but I think it was a bridge issue or something? Either way, it was cool to see these he... (more)

Life was simple in the 90s. A SD40 was coming to a train near you! Honestly, we got tired of it, but now it looks a lot better than a stupid GE. Im sure someday the GE era will be different. Man, ... (more)

Once the BNSF Merger took over, the railroad scrambled to find power to run trains. It was a railfan's paradise to see some of the kit bash consist the railroad put together. Here the St. Paul pri... (more)

Here is a shot that brings back memories. I spent many days in my early days taking pictures at East Cabin. Trains on the BN-CCP were fairly regular, and one could get a good amount of trains for ... (more)

SD40B helps out the cause as this eastbound freight crosses the Chicago Central at East Dubuque. The BN had 3 of these rare type motors rebuilt from SD40-2 shells. The 7500 is ex- BN 7221, and the... (more)

There is plenty of water around Marquette, as near record high flooding is making things difficult for CP. The CP is fighting back hard with many work trains and constant raising of track. North o... (more)

There is plenty of water around Marquette, as near record high flooding is making things difficult for CP. The CP is fighting back hard with many work trains and constant raising of track. North o... (more)

The daily St. Paul to Kansas City freight rounds the curve at Reno on the CPKC Marquette Sub. This is about the only place I saw north of Harpers where water was a problem. The CP dump rock thru h... (more)

A DP unit brings up the rear end of this 8400 foot Chicago to Rob Bank, BC, stacker. The train is chasing Q199 up the Superior Sub towards the next crew change at Pokegama. Here, the train divert ... (more)