CN switcher goes to work in the CN Dubuque yard

Fading DME 4000 and X CP SD40 are todays local power

IEI coal empty rolls up the hill at rock cut

Temperatures in single digits, wind chill around 30 degrees below zero make a cold day for railroading, as M-338 back into Dubuque yard for pickup.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! CP Holiday Train rolls northbound just south of Dubuque IA on the former IC&E

Mason City, IA - Bensenville, IL Manifest Train heads south past the CN Dubuque Yard office on the Joint Main.

The westbound train to Waterloo is twisting up and out of the Mississippi River valley in the soft light of a winter afternoon. This photo appeared on a Pentrex VHS tape box.

A pair of SD70's pull over Wood to back into the yard to set out 30 cars

Southbound ICE wiats in siding at Edmore

M-337 pulls across Wood as ICE northbound waits patiently

What's left of the 6053 after derailing into the Mississippi River near Guttenberg IA

Ethanol train heads South on joint main

UP power pulling a westbound train on the IC. From a study of the track charts for the Iowa Division, Dubuque District, between Wood and Julien and from shots taken just before and after this one,... (more)