A pair of westbound Z-trains begin the trek of chasing each other across the Marceline Sub at sunrise. Here the 1st westbound, a North Bay Z-train, rumbles past MP 241, west of Fort Madison right ... (more)
Loaded DDG grain train probably from the IAIS at Silvis, bound for Eagle Pass, TX, drop downgrade pass MP 336 on the Marceline Sub. The train ducks under one of the few remaining signal bridges le... (more)
Hotshot Willow Springs to San Bernardino Z rolls hard towards KC on the Marceline Sub. Here the train passes one of the few remaining ex-Santa Fe signal bridges left on the Marceline near Floyd at... (more)
The Santa Fe built into Marceline around 1887. Marceline, came at the request of a director of the new railway whose wife had the Spanish name of “Marcelina.” This depot was built in 1913, and... (more)
The coaling tower at Marceline still stands the test of time. I didn't find a build date for this tower, but did find that the round cement part was used to hold sand. Cars of sand or coal would b... (more)