A 2x1 loaded coal train is just taking off after waiting for MofW to get in the clear at Montrose on the K-Line. This train came off the Ottumwa Sub at Burlington and is working down the Hannibal ... (more)

End of an era...the ex-Santa Fe signals have finally fallen at the end of 2019. There was a few signal bridges along the Marceline Sub that missed the 1st couple rounds of signal upgrades for the ... (more)

Amtrak is like alot of businesses in America right now struggling to keep going. The evidence is seen here as the Southwest Chief has a tiny 5 cars train on their trek from LA to Chicago. Here the... (more)

An empty oil train bound for the CP at Noyes, MN, rolls pass the retired ex-Santa Fe signal bridge west of Fort Madison. This bridge and the one at New Boston were 2 signal bridges in this area th... (more)

A pair of westbound Z-trains begin the trek of chasing each other across the Marceline Sub at sunrise. Here the 2nd westbound, a Stockton Z-train, rumbles past the retired ex-Santa Fe signal bridg... (more)

A pair of westbound Z-trains begin the trek of chasing each other across the Marceline Sub at sunrise. Here the 1st westbound, a North Bay Z-train, rumbles past MP 241, west of Fort Madison right ... (more)

The area around Fort Madison offers alot of neat things to shoot from the ground and air. The Chillicothe Sub takes off from the BNSF depot and runs along the Mississippi River for a few miles bef... (more)

A Blue Island, IL, to Wellington, KS, vehicle train rolls pass the Old Fort in Fort Madison on the Chillicothe Sub. In about a mile this crew out of Chicago will hand the train over to a crew boun... (more)

I use the term "Z" loosely, cause of the "7" on the symbol...but a somewhat hot Z-train rolls along the Mississippi River on the Aurora Sub between Lynxville and Ferryville. Se... (more)

This Portland to Chicago Q-train rumbles along the Mississippi River on this beautiful Sunday morning. Hard to believe this...but couple old timers lead this expedited traffic along the Aurora Sub... (more)

This B70 local went to work at 1 am in Nahant. The job is assigned work around the area and also the make the trek up and back from Nahant Yard to the SSAB Steel Plant outside of Montpelier. Here ... (more)

This B70 local went to work at 1 am in Nahant. The job is assigned work around the area and also the make the trek up and back from Nahant Yard to the SSAB Steel Plant outside of Montpelier. Here ... (more)

This B70 local went to work at 1 am in Nahant. The job is assigned work around the area and also the make the trek up and back from Nahant Yard to the SSAB Steel Plant outside of Montpelier. Here ... (more)

The Cedar River local started in Waterloo today and headed north. Here the crew rolls thru Nashua about 35 miles north of Waterloo. This is the 1st crew of the day and they will take the train fro... (more)

An empty grain train bound for Alden, IA, pulls into the siding at Jesup to meet M338. The train is working west on the Dubuque Sub on this foggy/frosty morning. Kind of odd to see a SD60 leading ... (more)