The 25th anniversary unit leads this Chiles, KY, empty working west from Galesburg to Lincoln. The train is about 150 miles from the next crew change point at Creston. We gave chase as the train r... (more)
An empty coal train out of Dunfermline, IL, for Central Illinois Light, rolls west in the fading sunlight in southern Iowa. The train is working west towards the next crew change location at Crest... (more)
An Union Electric empty coal train from Machens, MO, rolls west thru the sag here on the Ottumwa Sub. The train is working between Lockridge and Fairfield in southern Iowa. The next crew change po... (more)
A Gateway, IA, empty bound back to Black Thunder Mine, WY, rolls west on the Ottumwa Sub in southern Iowa. The train passes thru Lockridge and pass the local cemetery. Fall has been pretty late th... (more)
An empty coal train rolls west towards Lincoln on southern Iowa coal route. The train is currently working between Burlington and Ottumwa as the dip thru the sag west of Lockridge.
It is not too unusual for Amtrak to roundup slow moving coal trains on the Ottumwa Sub east of Creston. Back old days they had to do it most times between Halpin and Ottumwa due to the lack of CTC... (more)
A westbound 2x1 coal train empty rolls west thru southern Iowa. The train is just west of Lockridge. The train left Burlington a hour ago after crew change and is now racing west to try and stay a... (more)
Westbound coal empty has 2 run thru CSXT motors powering the train west towards the next crew change at Creston, IA. The train is seen here spliting a pair of ABS signals about 2 miles west of Loc... (more)
One of the newer 70ACe's lead a older MAC on this hopper as they roll west towards Creston, IA, the next crew change. This crew will roll over 230 miles on the Ottumwa Sub across Illinois and Sout... (more)
A Herzog Ballast Train rolls west towards Albia, IA to do some unloading. The train was parked overnight in the siding at New London, IA. A SD60 and a ex-Conrail SD70 due the honors on this 50 car... (more)
