This Mississippi River Bridge was built in 1927 and it replaced the original combination roadway/single-track bridge that was completed in 1887. The bridge is owned by the BNSF and logs around 2,... (more)

The hot Global 2 to Salt Lake Z-train hammers down. Seems like this Z is getting hotter than the Z-BRB as the engineer has all 5 jacks in the left corner as they fly across a high Cedar River. Thi... (more)

Looks like the UP plans for a new bridge continue to move along. The plans for the UP to replace this 1907 bridge across the Mississippi River with a fixed high level bridge. Not sure where plans ... (more)

Westbound Brooklyn Yard, OR, Z-train pulls into Clinton for a crew change 2 miles ahead. The train is crossing the Mississippi River from Illinois into Iowa. New crew will travel clear across the ... (more)

Westbound Brooklyn Yard, OR, Z-train pulls into Clinton for a crew change 2 miles ahead. The train is crossing the Mississippi River from Illinois into Iowa. New crew will travel clear across the ... (more)

The 3 GE's on this Charles City loaded ethanol train have their hands full to get the 102 loads up this 1.4% grade. Here the screeching of wheel slip breaks the morning silence of cows grazing. Ov... (more)

This westbound guy die at MP 111 near Portland on the CP Mason City Sub. The BM31 crew came out and moved the train into yard limits at Mason City and took the power to the house. Here BM31 slowly... (more)

The Mason City to Savanna daily B38 local makes its way out of Mason City with its normal afternoon departure. Here the job is roughly 10 miles east of Mason as they slam across the Iowa Northern ... (more)

There aren't a ton of diamonds in small town Iowa, and most of those don't have alot of movements per day go thru them. So when I heard the CP B38 get a warrant at Mason City to head east, and I k... (more)

A Mona, IA, bound empty ethanol train twist thru the northeast Iowa hills on the Mason City Sub. The train passes MP 63, 63 miles west of Marquette, IA. At Nora Spring the plan is head up the Iowa... (more)

I have made a few trips across the causeway between Sabula and Savanna back in the IMRL/IC&E days. I always thought "there got to be some cool shots out here," but never had opportunity ... (more)

Loaded ethanol train rolls south out of Bellevue on the CP Marquette Sub with a unit train bound for Chicago interchange. In 20 miles the train will turn the corner at Samoa, cross the Mississippi... (more)

A loaded oil train is back on CP Marquette Sub after a short rip over the CN Dubuque Sub to get thru Dubuque. The sun has just popped over the bluffs along the Mississippi River as this 1x1 train ... (more)

The Savanna to Mason City local has lights over the CN Dubuque Sub between Wood to Dubuque Jct along the Mississippi River. The crew will setout 12 cars to the CN on the way to the yard in Dubuque... (more)

A CP work train heads for Dubuque Yard to put away for the night. The CP continues to dump rock along the mainline the skirts the banks of the Mississippi River. Here the train works over the CN D... (more)