After a crew change, the Iowa 157 is on the move, eastbound through Rockdale, bound for Blue Island.

A pair of yard SD38-2's sit with a long string of cars in Boyles Yard, CSX's main Birmingham yard.

A pair of EMDs pushes a long string of cars over the hump and into the yard for classifying.

L507, CN's westbound train from Kirk Yard to Markham Yard, passes through Griffith, IN., with a solo EJ&E SD38-2 for power.

Shortly before departing Markham, the 665 posed for a few shots.

EJ&E 669 has a load of about 25 or so cars for Markham Yard on a very short L507 local. Usually this train is over 120 cars

A 272 axle JSW1, the longest I've ever seen on the River Line, nears the end of its journey. 668 is currently the only repainted EJ&E so far.

The Dubuque switch crew parked these engines next to the CN yard office and got on M33791 to make a pick-up in the yard and then took the train west to West Peosta for a crew change.

An IHB drag waits for favorable signals in the shadow of Mount Dolton.

Iowa 155 east brings its ethanol train through the Rockdale yard limits.

Handing up orders.

The Cedar River is parked for the night at Osage with 88 cars. Tomorrow the crew will go to work at 7am finish the north trip, then head south back to Waterloo. Grain has started moving due to fal... (more)

The many faces of the EJ&E 668, Built November 1975, it was originally delivered in all white paint and decorated with stars and strips in red white & blue for the 1976 bicentennial. Repainted 197... (more)

DM&IR SD38-2 215 looks tiny compared to the large "Silver Stacker" Roger Blough. Hard to believe both are owned by CN now. The 215 is one of just two units still wearing maroon (the other is SD4... (more)

EJ&E 665 and IC 9635 pull out of Markham Yard, with the Markham Local. The pair would bring their train to Matteson and tie down for the rest of the day.