Dense fog has covered Iowa the pass few mornings. Today I went out and shot a few trains on the Clinton Sub. While the frost didn't stick as well as yesterday, this coal train still has a nice coa... (more)
Boy just don't see this kind of hammering much anymore on a class 1. This westbound Global 2 to Portland, OR, Z-train is racking up the mileage in short order. This guy has had green signals since... (more)
CN hadn't run anything on the Cedar Rapids Branch since 12/23. After a couple days of heavy wind and some snow from the last storm, the branch was drifted in pretty good in a few spots. An extra c... (more)
The CN climbs out of the Lake Winnebago basin south of Fond du Lac on Bryon Hill. Trains climb from 820 feet to around 1,060 feet in 6 miles. With 20,000 tons of iron ore bound for the Gulf, this ... (more)