The Cedar River local is crossing the Cedar River at Janesville as they work north towards Stacyville, IA. This crew went to work at 8:45 am at Osage and cab to Waterloo for their train. They will... (more)

Two interesting trains await a turn to depart the yard, as Q281 has a pair of CN SD60F's and K653 sports a Warbonnet and a Swoosh. Unfortunately, it would be well past dusk by the time they got m... (more)

View from the cab of CN 2124 of passing A432. The Decatur, Illinois to Memphis, Tennessee mixed freight is running southbound.

Something we don't see too often nowadays. Coming from Massena N.Y, a trio of distinctive zebra stripes CN cowl units has just crossed into Canada on its way to Montreal on a gorgeous summer like... (more)

On Borrowed time….After a short wait for a Hot WB Intermodal, Q620 is seeing crossing from one to two. Unfortunately for CSX Crew's and Railfan's today turned out to be the day that the Surface Tr... (more)

Power for a loaded grain train at Ida Grove, IA, is in the siding at New Hartford to meet a loaded grain train out of Alta, IA. This crew will take 25 empties to spot at Manson, IA, on their way w... (more)

Power for a loaded grain train at Ida Grove, IA, has departed Waterloo 5 miles ago. They are taking 25 empties to spot at Manson, IA, on their way west to Ida Grove. It is harvest time in Iowa and... (more)

On 10-10-10 CSX train Q620 from Montreal via Syracuse rolls into Selkirk Yard with a great mix of power. In addition to the CN widebody there is an ICE unit and CSX 8700, the class SD60.

CN 5500 leads the Q620 into Selkirk from Montreal via Syracuse. The 5500 is the class unit built in 1985 as the 9900 as part of a 4 unit order that predated the rest of the fleet which was deliver... (more)

It's been a while since I've been able to shoot one of these 'tiger cowl' war wagon SD60Fs in sun leading a freight into Selkirk Yard. I was glad I doubled back from Voorheesville to shoot this ... (more)

CN 5529 leads a 58 car (57 loads and 1 air car) U-715 past the north siding switch of Coons on the afternoon of Sept. 25, 2010.

Late day meet with VIA's eastbound "Canadian"

A trio of SD60's lead an empty limestone train through the swamps of Zim on a nice Sunday morning. CN's latest experiment is to use a Distributed Braking Car at the rear of these limestone trains... (more)