"Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down" was a lyric sung by The Carpenters in their 1971 hit "Rainy Days and Mondays", and this day fit the bill perfectly, being very rainy AND a Monday. But a... (more)

A former Warbonnet SD75I waiting for assignment at the Denver engine servicing facility sports a new Heritage III scheme. Sad to see these once mighty Warbonnets become pumpkins over time.

UP 1507 (GP40M-2) climbs the grade past a farmhouse as it heads to Tunnel #1 on the Moffat Line.

Queensland Rails IMU 168 races down the Dual Gauge Track at Rocklea, Brisbane with an Airport Service... This came about due to the Ferny Grove Service running 10 mins late...

This eastbound coal train bound for Kingsport has just worked hard between MP 28.3 and MP 32.4 to get up the 1.50% on the NS Appalachia District. 2 SD70ACE's have been on the rear end of this trai... (more)

This eastbound coal train bound for Kingsport has just worked hard between MP 28.3 and MP 32.4 to get up the 1.50% on the NS Appalachia District. 2 SD70ACE's have been on the rear end of this trai... (more)

An empty coal train destined for Hazard passes through the curved Rockhouse Creek tunnel on former L&N track. The L&N built this section of track from Hazard out towards Deane, called the Rockho... (more)

We chased this empty coal train down the Big Sandy and out to Hazard with a 75 cars. Here the train crosses high over the Arnold Fork Creek and highway 1498 near Hall. This is the north of two lar... (more)

The South Crew is running alittle late today on their northbound trip from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo. Once at Waterloo the crew switched out their train and then made a delivery to the UP yard at L... (more)

Iowa Northern's South Crew is just finishing up their day by yarding interchange traffic off the UP at Waterloo. This job made a Cedar Rapids turn overnight, and when they got back to Waterloo, ma... (more)

It was a busy afternoon at the Iowa Northern's Bryant Yard in Waterloo. The train on the left is the Waterloo Switcher who just got back from the CN with interchange. Job in the middle is the Sout... (more)

Iowa Northern heads north with an empty potash train out of Waterloo. Since the UP run thru power was facing the wrong direction on the loaded side, the IANR helped out with one of their units tod... (more)

Iowa Northern heads north with an empty potash train out of Waterloo. Since the UP run thru power was facing the wrong direction on the loaded side, the IANR helped out with one of their units tod... (more)

The locals between Fort Dodge at Waterloo were daylight trains when I started for the CN back in 2004. Normally 2 jobs would go to work in the morning then meet and swap trains somewhere around th... (more)

Once the IC took back over the Chicago Central in 1996, the changes didn't take long in Iowa to come. 6 Axles and all black consist were around within a couple years. An eastbound roars over the W... (more)