In 2019 Winter the past 7 weeks has been pretty tough on everyone in the Midwest. Last night Canadian Pacific's B-41 local left Mason City around 2am with a wedge plow and 69 cars. Multiple derail... (more)

n true 2021 railroading fashion …we do everything as hard as we can. That was no exception here with this B41 local out of Mason City to Spencer. The 1st crew spent all night switching in Mason ... (more)

The B42 crew on this B41 begins the 2.5 hour task of spotting and pulling CF industries at Tank Spur. This place mainly unloads anhydrous ammonia tanks. In the winter time these places go crazy ca... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train dashes thru the snow as it passes thru Jesup on the CN Dubuque Sub. The train is 15 miles east of Waterloo. Foreign power is getting to be the norm t... (more)

CN finally found some people and power today to run an extra plow job out of Waterloo. The crew is working drifts on the Dubuque Sub to Manchester and the Cedar Rapids Sub to Cedar Rapids. The dri... (more)

Back in 2019 the CN ran their Jordan Spreader down the 42 miles Cedar Rapids Sub. The job worked to push back drifts along the branch. The Jordan Spreader hadn't seen much action for the pass few ... (more)

The Roadmaster told the crew there was a "big one" at MP 6. I have been running back and forth between Waterloo and Dubuque and haven't seen hardly anything, so I was alittle skeptical h... (more)

The CP passenger train made its way to KC from Davenport on its 2nd day. Here the train makes good time as they pass thru Farson on the CP Ottumwa Sub, and are only 25 miles from next crew change ... (more)

A Muscatine bound coal train for the CP pulls into the CP yard off the BNSF Ottumwa Sub. These trains must change directions here before heading north. The trains are also unique due to the DP set... (more)

Another classic example of a customer sick and tired of the Class 1 treatment and has contracted a small time operation to do their switching. As is the case as the Saturday morning crew is busy w... (more)

An empty Fruitland coal train slams thru the west end of Cotter minutes from sunset. Cool to see old ex-Rock Island signals, with a pot signal, still in service here. The train is 55 miles from be... (more)

The daily Waterloo, IA, to Kirk Yard near Gary, IN, manifest train is 8 miles into the trip out of Waterloo. The train tackles the grade Big Raymond Hill on the Dubuque Sub. With all 3 GE's barkin... (more)

Memorial Day has the N&W heritage unit leading the daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard freight out of Iowa. Here it passes the Jesup Cemetery as people gather to pay their respects in a flag filled cemete... (more)

Summerail weekend in Marion had most of the fans hanging out at Marion Depot. It was nice to get the group back together again for a fun weekend. Covid really sucked cancelling many events over th... (more)

A Rose Lake, IL to North Bergen, NJ, intermodal train rolls thru downtown Marion. The train is working east on the CSX Mt. Victory Sub that runs from Greenwich, OH to Bellefontaine, OH. The lines ... (more)