A Westbound KCS Grain Takes on a Slight Hill 2 Miles East of Ossian, IA. Always nice to see KCS Grey up front on a lenghty Grain Train

Parked and needing a new crew, There's a lot of that going on today, 4 trains needing someone to run them.

The DM&E Plow extra is stopping at Ossian to wait for 579 coming out of Marquette. This crew started at 06:30 this morning at Mason City and will work to Marquette today. This plow mainly flanges ... (more)

Cant pass up a sunset

Not sure were the welded rail was going but it was a pleasant surprise to see three clean DME and ICE units running elephant style with two graffiti free 40' Santa Fe Boxcars trailing.

Rolling along the Ossian Siding through the snow covered Iowa farmland.

Pulling up to the West end of the Oassan Siding as the sets on the day and the ICE to may not last long under the CP

On the main as the sun sets, waiting for a LMCMQ to get in the siding

3 SD40's roll east thru Ossian on the IMRL 4th sub with a KCS Bullet Train. This grain had 5 units to get up Calmar Hill, but setout the rear 2 units at Calmar for an extra. This train is 36 miles... (more)

A Mason City-Chicago extra sits in the siding while the crew waits 2 hours for the crew van to show up from Marquette.

DME 6068 is meeting ICE 6420 at the NEW Ossian siding

Cleaning up after the plowing the day before, plows work best at 30 to 40 MPH as you can see.

After making a pick up only 2 hours to billed back his air -7 out

HUCC meets a dead MMQMC at Ossian.

Sharp light on a COLD day, -10 and the wind chill -30 and the track drifting in fast