An empty coal train drop down grade out of Albia. the Ottumwa Sub mains are split here due to the grades in this area. The old way would not allow coal trains to take main #1 between Halpin and Ma... (more)
A pair of CLS trains would meet on the westside of Ottumwa on this fine Sunday evening. Here a loaded CLS crosses the Des Moines River about 4 miles west of Ottumwa with a nice clean ACe on the po... (more)
A 25th anniversary unit leads this empty working west from Galesburg to Lincoln and is about 110 miles from the next crew change point at Creston. Here they cross the Des Moines River about 4 mile... (more)
The 25th anniversary unit leads this Chiles, KY, empty working west from Galesburg to Lincoln. The train is about 150 miles from the next crew change point at Creston. We gave chase as the train r... (more)
Hard to believe that 337 was thru here before 7am, but the crew on this 338 would end up stopping to clean the windows off after plowing this mile thru the Beth area. The winds are blowing decent ... (more)