Westbound stacks snake their way through Logan.

Lathrop-bound stacks swing through the sweeping curve west of Woodbine on the former C&NW main line.

A former Santa Fe GP50(GP25) leads two SD70ACes off of the Council Bluffs Sub at Pacific Junction with the Bayard Local in tow.

Prairie Line GP40-2 #1670 sits with another unidentified Geep just south of the former C&NW depot on the far western end of the UP Geneva Sub, waiting for the next crew to take the duo to work Cli... (more)

CN 3892 (ES44AC) leads a U713 ethanol/gas train across the Mississippi River in Dubuque, IA.

An unlikely SD70M/GP60 combo leads MCBIT away from North Council Bluffs.

Still shining after a few round trips, two new ES44ACHs lead empty hoppers into Pacific Junction.

Factory fresh ET44ACH 3650 leads its first train toward the Powder River Basin.

The Iowa Southern Railway's local job makes its way south out of Albia, Iowa where it picked up interchange with BNSF and heads towards Moravia. An SW1500 and GP7 lead the train as it crosses over... (more)

On Board Railfanning. On July 30, 2020, Webb Rail's former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pullman obs/diner/slpr "Babbling Brook" (WEBX 800007) was holding the markers on Am... (more)

The Union Pacific's local out of Worthington, MN rounds a curve as it heads southbound through northwest Iowa on the former Omaha Road mainline.

A Saturday evening in Burlington, Iowa finds the Burlington Junction Railway's unique Alco C415 tied down in the railroad's yard north of town, awaiting its next assignment on the shortline. This ... (more)

A BNSF AC4400 brings up the rear of loaded coal train C ATMCLS0 63A as it grinds upgrade as it approaches Albia, Iowa on the split mains of the BNSF Ottumwa Subdivision. The train is crossing an e... (more)

A BNSF SD70MAC wearing the Executive scheme with a crude BN logo added brings up the rear of loaded BNSF coal train C BAMOPP0 18A, catching the last rays of the setting sun while passing through t... (more)

It's a busy evening on BNSF Ottumwa Subdivision at CP 288.8 in Chillicothe, Iowa as three trains meet. Empty distillers grain train X DHTEDY5 01A is cruising west behind BNSF 3827, and is only abo... (more)