Lots of times the CN in Iowa needs a 3rd unit, sometimes called a kicker, to get the tonnage over the grades east of Waterloo. Most days the consist is sent out as a 3-unit set, but sometimes a SD... (more)

From Tuesday thru Saturday the locals on the Omaha Sub work and usually meet at Denison. The jobs normal run with a single SD60 that faces forward since they wye power at both ends. With the Omaha... (more)

CN hadn't run anything on the Cedar Rapids Branch since 12/23. After a couple days of heavy wind and some snow from the last storm, the branch was drifted in pretty good in a few spots. An extra c... (more)

The CN has alot of locals in the Stevens Point/Wisconsin Rapids area and many have sets of SD60's assigned to them. The Wisconsin Rapids to Wausau turn job was high on my list of things to do. Thi... (more)

Point Beer, a Wisconsin classic. This sign has changed alittle bit over the years, but it dates back to the MILW days. Here the Wisconsin Rapids job heads south on the Valley Sub heading back to R... (more)

A rail train is done dumping rail north of Kains siding on the CP Marquette Sub. The job will setout the threader car on the Rugged Rock track next at MP 133. Plan "A", with warranties i... (more)

A rail train is done dumping rail north of Kains siding on the CP Marquette Sub. The job will setout the threader car on the Rugged Rock track next at MP 133. Plan "A", with warranties i... (more)

Duck your head! Soo Line 6038 leads a coal train across the CNW bridge on 5 Mile Road in Caledonia, WI in June of 1990. This bridge on CNW's New Line has a 12 foot clearance and has stopped many a... (more)

Newly painted Alton & Southern SD60s 2205 and 2204 lead the 101 job West up the East approach of the MacArthur bridge, heading towards downtown St. Louis to interchange with the UP. This is the fi... (more)

Empty coal hoppers bound for Wyoming. The track in the foreground appears to be a switching lead, with fresh use almost to the end.

Heavy snow fills the air in Jackman, Maine as CP 250 begins its slow roll through the scanners operated by the US Border Patrol behind a trio of EMD's. The train had paused short of the checkpoint... (more)

L 520 gets ready to shove out of OLIVERS Yard in South Bend to begin working back to Battle Creek. The Job works mostly lumber along CN's South Bend Subdivision.

Corman's empty sand train nears its destination of Nugent Sand with a pair of former NYS&W SD60's. The bridge in the background is the former Big 4 railroad bridge last used in 1968. Today it's a ... (more)

After getting the light from the UP dispatcher, Canadian Pacific local H37 slowly rolls through downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota and heads across the Mississippi River on the Roberts Street Lift Bri... (more)

A pair of SD60's and a train of mostly old school colorful boxcars makes for nice looking train in 2023.