Well it looks like the Jordan Spreader will only make 2 trips for the CN in Iowa this winter? Within 4 weeks all this snow would be gone with 50-60 degree weather that came in the 1st part of Marc... (more)

I headed out on 2/15 in hopes for more drift action. 337 and 703 left Dubuque after sunrise on this bitterly cold day. The low at sunrise was around -15 with wind chills well above the -30's. Unfo... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk manifest twist around into the Winthrop curves with 7600 feet of train. The train starts into the curves at 40mph with the permanent speed restriction, but will get down... (more)

I asked 338's crew what the drifts look like east of Waterloo after the last winter storm. They said around Beth there were some small ones. With bitterly cold weather, drifted in roads, and near... (more)

Grand Forks to Galesburg freight cruises along the Mississippi River at De Soto. The train passes thru the crossovers CP 270 as westbound trains wait at CP 270 for the single track to clear up. Th... (more)

The hotshot from Portland to Chicago is on the last leg of the trip with 273 miles to go to Chicago. Here the train rolls along the open waters of the Mississippi River at Victory. The train is ab... (more)

The ice is breaking up as warmer weather pushes in this early March weekend along the upper Mississippi River Valley. A westbound auto train out of Blue Island, IL, is humming along the Aurora Sub... (more)

A loaded grain train bound for Galveston, TX, rolls along the fairly frozen Mississippi River at Lynxville. This load out of Superior is using an old gal to help out as the 631 looks like a tired ... (more)

About hour ahead of their designated schedule time from South Seattle, this hotshot Chicago bound Z-train makes good time rumbling down the Aurora Sub. The train passes thru Lynxville on main #1 a... (more)

A 1x1 Seattle to Chicago stacker rolls across the Cold Springs Landing causeway just north of Lynxville. A nice warm up is going to put a big dent in the ice on the Upper Mississippi River area th... (more)

A loaded oil train cruises down the Aurora Sub a few minutes before sunset. The train crosses one of the many causeways that takes the Aurora Sub across the back waters of the Mississippi River al... (more)

The back waters of the Mississippi River is a hotspot for fisherman to ice fish. The Cold Springs Landing was a busy place on this nice Sunday morning. There were endless amount of holes in this 1... (more)

A high priority freight train from Blytheville, AR, to Galesburg, IL, is slowly pulling out of the West Quincy Yard. The train crosses the massive Mississippi River Bridge as they pull out of the ... (more)

This crew just boarded this North Bay Z-train 7 miles back at Fort Madison. The crew has the throttle in the left corner as they get their legs stretch out on the Marceline Sub. The train passes u... (more)

A Logistic Park Kansas to Willow Spring hotshot races across the Marceline Sub. The train makes good time on the fairly flat section of trackage between CA Jct and Marceline. Here is passes a farm... (more)