Eastbound coal train works across the BNSF Ottumwa Sub in southern Iowa. This is a mainly coal route between Lincoln, NE, and Galesburg, IL. Many wooden overpasses litter the line thru Iowa. The t... (more)
An odd ball move was this burrow crane moving from Superior, WI, to Ashland, NE. The train was restricted in speed with the crane in tow, and with a "01" date, that pretty well shows tha... (more)
The daily BNSF manifest freight H GALLIN1 07A heads west from Galesburg to Lincoln, rolling out of Lockridge, Iowa on the Ottumwa Sub behind a five-pack of BNSF locomotives.
Last light and 2 ES44AC's pull the loads back to speed after cresting a hill.
Dropping thru a small sag and back out and running track speed an 2-1 DP is putting out the heat waves.
Loads passing Empties on a great fall day.
A westbound coal empty streaks past a typical Iowa farmhouse on its way back to the PRB.
GE AC4400CW 5676 works in DPU on an eastbound coal train as it approaches Lockridge, Iowa and on to Mt. Pleasant and then Burlington, Iowa.
Decorations from Memorial Day are still on most graves at The Lockridge Cemetery as this Buckskin Jct., WY (Buckskin Mine) to Gateway, IA coal load rolls thru Lockridge. There were tombstones from... (more)
An eastbound manifest, likely a Lincoln-Galesburg train, rolls on just outside of Lockridge.
Amtrak's California Zephyr passing Lockridge on way to Chicago about 2 hours late.
