Northbound MDMPR crosses above Euclid Ave.

Waiting at SE 18th to head West and spot his train at the elevator.

HLCX GP38-2 1073(former Conrail GP40)and a MP15 lead a Union Pacific transfer to Short Lines Yard from Hull Avenue Yard.

MVPDM heads South towards Short Line Yard.

UP SD70m 4542 leads a Southbound through Des Moines.

Southbound leaving Des Moines.

The NS local with GP38-2 5097 and 5077 is shown heading back to Glake Yard after switching Cargill.

Loading grain hoppers on a warm Summer day.

Norfolk Southern GP60 7127 and GP38-2 5542 are switching the Cargill plant as a old helicopter watches from it's perch.

Iowa Interstate 701 heads West through Downtown Des Moines with 25 or so cars,as my 7 year old daughter takes her first train picture.

A Helm GP38-2 and a UP GP39-2 heads South towards Short Line Yard with a transfer.

While waiting on a westbound to depart Short Line Yard, the head brakeman of an eastbound R.I. freight with all U.P. power kindly posed for me in front of his borrowed 1957-vintage GP9 #338. The ... (more)

Its early April and the last bits of snow still hang on as the sun sets near the Iowa state capitol building. I believe this train with 2 GP40's up front was #81, waiting to depart southward from... (more)

Barely two years old and already looking a bit rough. Original by Jim