This bridge was built in 1927 and replaced the original combination roadway/single-track bridge completed in 1887. The bridge is owned by the BNSF and logs around 2,000 openings a year. The bridg... (more)

This Mississippi River Bridge was built in 1927 and it replaced the original combination roadway/single-track bridge that was completed in 1887. The bridge is owned by the BNSF and logs around 2,... (more)

An extra BNSF manifest freight XH NTWKCK1 10A crosses over the Mississippi River in Fort Madison, Iowa behind a colorful lashup of GE's. This unique double decked bridge carries both the BNSF Chil... (more)

With a Tier 4 ACe leader and a patched Southern Pacific second, this stacker rolls off the Mississippi River westbound on the BNSF main approaching a crew change.

A priority westbound intermodal catches a small pocket of sunlight as it crosses the Mississippi River.

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)

Westbound Z-train from Willow Springs, IL, to Alliance, TX, is crossing the massive Mississippi River Bridge at Fort Madison. The train is also crossing into the state of Iowa from Illinois. In ab... (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)

As the country shuts down more and more due to the Corona Virus, people have to find something to do with their time of isolation. This couple is spending a beautiful Sunday fishing along the Miss... (more)

A Logistic Park stack train rolls into Fort Madison for a crew change. Here the stacker has just crossed the Mississippi River and crossed from Illinois into Iowa. In a couple miles this Chicago c... (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)

BNSF MofW forces are probably real tired of inspecting track this spring in a boat. Here a crew works their way thru the Fort Madison Yard as a eastbound UP train pulls into town for a crew change... (more)

The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 was the 3rd highest crest on reco... (more)

The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 was the 3rd highest crest on reco... (more)