CN has started to move some of their retire power to Iowa. Those units are box car and DIT, so CN is still able to load up the locomotive consists as needed. Here is the daily Waterloo to Ft. Dodg... (more)
The Council Bluffs locals are now on an evening schedule for their run down to Denison, meet, and flip back. Traffic on this line can be hit and miss as seen tonight. A tiny 8 car train would be ... (more)
A Tara bound empty ethanol train out of eastern Canada, pulls into the Valero plant. The train will yard in the loop tracks just out of site to my left. The UP local in the background is on the UP... (more)
Much to the surprise of us, this tank train out of Williams, OK, had some coal train power on it. It's kind of rare for these parts on the Transcon. Here, the train crosses the Des Moines River on... (more)
An empty oil train is about to cross the CP Chicago Sub at Savanna. While waiting for the Holiday Train, we took in some BNSF action. The BNSF yard here comes and goes on what the need is for.