Hamlet-Waycross freight Q491 passes under an old ACL signal bridge at the NS crossing in Charleston.

Q410 crosses a canal in the low country of South Carolina.

This crew is definitely putting safety into high gear as they roll along at a snails pace through the yard limits in Augusta.

273 crosses the Mississippi River from Illinois into Iowa, rolling along the dike protecting the town of Sabula from flooding.

At Sabula, train 272 takes a right hand turn towards Chicago, passing pleasure craft parked in the Mississippi River backwaters.

Catching the first rays of light, Nahant, IA to Bensenville, IL freight 272 crosses over the busy UP mainline during a break in traffic.

A Cedar Rapids to Iowa City freight completes this quintessential Iowa scene.

The Dri Line lives! A BNSF Clinton-Galesburg freight passes the Canadian Pacific BS61 Clinton Switcher, using trackage rights that date back over 100 years, when the DRI&NW was created and jointl... (more)

With colorful lashups reminiscent of the I&M Rail Link days, CP 270-26 heads away from the camera with it's trip from St. Paul, MN to Nahant, IA almost complete. 271-27 is holding the siding and ... (more)

Iowa Northern's North Job passes a small grain elevator.

Five minutes after shooting the EJ&E 675, a Union Pacific local trundles by with the UPY 675. Not often photographed, UP's fleet of tired GP15's still earn their keep switching customers.

The daily local to from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids drills the yard just north of downtown. It was a nice surprise when we heard EJ&E 675 get a warrant over the radio!

An Elkhart, IN to North Platte, NE freight stops at the yard office for it's first crew change out of Chicago. In the background is the sprawling ADM complex, which recently added an ethanol faci... (more)

The daily St. Paul, MN to Nahant, IA freight cruises along the Mississippi River with a colorful consist.

A Herzog ballast train starts up after waiting for UP traffic to clear. It's good to see CP putting money into the old IC&E. Living in Michigan 15 years ago, I never would have guessed that a tr... (more)