Dense fog has covered Iowa the pass few mornings. Today I went out and shot a few trains on the Clinton Sub. While the frost didn't stick as well as yesterday, this coal train still has a nice coa... (more)

Boy just don't see this kind of hammering much anymore on a class 1. This westbound Global 2 to Portland, OR, Z-train is racking up the mileage in short order. This guy has had green signals since... (more)

CN hadn't run anything on the Cedar Rapids Branch since 12/23. After a couple days of heavy wind and some snow from the last storm, the branch was drifted in pretty good in a few spots. An extra c... (more)

The CN climbs out of the Lake Winnebago basin south of Fond du Lac on Bryon Hill. Trains climb from 820 feet to around 1,060 feet in 6 miles. With 20,000 tons of iron ore bound for the Gulf, this ... (more)

The CN climbs out of the Lake Winnebago basin south of Fond du Lac on Bryon Hill. Trains climb from 820 feet to around 1,060 feet in 6 miles. With 20,000 tons of iron ore bound for the Gulf, this ... (more)

A southbound 198 has just climbed out of Fond du Lac. The train now passes thru Valley, which is the south end of the double track on Byron Hill. The train is alittle smaller now with only 6700 fe... (more)

The CN has alot of locals in the Stevens Point/Wisconsin Rapids area and many have sets of SD60's assigned to them. The Wisconsin Rapids to Wausau turn job was high on my list of things to do. Thi... (more)

Point Beer, a Wisconsin classic. This sign has changed alittle bit over the years, but it dates back to the MILW days. Here the Wisconsin Rapids job heads south on the Valley Sub heading back to R... (more)

With 8300 feet of train out of Memphis, this stacker works north on the Superior Sub. The train just left Stevens Point 13 miles ago and has just passed thru Junction City. The train is scheduled ... (more)

With 9800 feet of Canadian containers bound for Chicago, Detroit, and Memphis, this Q116 rolls thru the Wisconsin countryside on the Superior Sub. The train is working out of Pokegama to the next ... (more)

A 16,000 tons Symington to Kirk Yard freight passes the junction with the Minneapolis Sub at Owen. This area has been completely reconfigured from the Soo Line days, and now days train can come an... (more)

A 118 car loaded oil train bound for Rogers Lake, LA, rolls south on the CN Superior Sub near Atwood. The train is working towards the next crew change point at Stevens Point still 54 miles ahead.... (more)

A rail train is done dumping rail north of Kains siding on the CP Marquette Sub. The job will setout the threader car on the Rugged Rock track next at MP 133. Plan "A", with warranties i... (more)

A rail train is done dumping rail north of Kains siding on the CP Marquette Sub. The job will setout the threader car on the Rugged Rock track next at MP 133. Plan "A", with warranties i... (more)

The Savanna, IL, to Mason City, IA, local is quite busy on the Marquette Sub tonight. At Dubuque, they did the interchange work with the CN before picking up over 70 cars setout by 475 the night b... (more)