Spent a beautiful morning along the Marceline Sub at the Des Moines River Bridge back in October. I know it's the Transcon, but we had a blast enjoying the nice October day. Surprisingly, the BNSF... (more)

A P42 awaits assignment at Capital Yard while a yard crew shuffles around with an F59.

A tired old dash 8 pounds along climbing the grade out of the Des Moines River Valley on the BNSF Marceline Sub. The train is about to the top at Revere and will pickup alittle speed, trying hard ... (more)

A trio of P42s round the curve west of Melrose on the Ottumwa Sub. I believe the train had 3 motors due to one of the Ski Train units being changed out for the 174 that would lead a government aff... (more)

After several years of extensive repair and refurbishment, the former French 4-8-2 express train steamlocomotive 241 A # 65 of the Dampflok Depot Full (DDF) association successfully completed its ... (more)

A Pekin empty works back to the PRB on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub. The train passes this old elevator at Chillicothe in southern Iowa about 8 miles west of Ottumwa. The Des Moines River is in the backgr... (more)

A somewhat rare event, a pair of SD60's lead the daily Kirk Yard to Waterloo manifest west on the Dubuque Sub. The train had many issues with the ice storm that hit overnight and extra power was b... (more)

A yard crew builds Piedmont train 75 using NCDOT F59PH 1871 as they split a pair of leased P42s at Capital Yard.

Electric cogwheel snow blower locomotive He 2/3 # 8 of the Rigi Railways (RB) in operation on Rigi Staffel. There is more snow than ever this winter towards the end of April. The three-axle locomo... (more)

Tried and tested, reliable snow clearing equipment of the Rigi Railways in use on Rigi Staffel. On the left, the snow blower locomotive He 2/3 # 8, built in 1930 by SLM and MFO for the Arth-Rigi R... (more)

The 4100 is in charge of the passenger special from Oelwein back to Waterloo. The unit would be cut off at Linden Ave once the train headed back northbound for the overnight stop at Cedar Falls. H... (more)

UP 8530 (SD70ACe) leads a freight down the hill from Tunnel #1 and into Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado as it heads to Denver on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Rainbows And Unicorns | Below a brilliant sky on the evening of Monday, April 15, 2024, a pair of the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad's Alco C420s rest at the depot in Springdale, AR. A haven ... (more)

The daily Sioux City to Ft. Dodge local is working east pretty late today. Yesterday's L568 out of Sioux City was delayed by the UP on the joint trackage. Once released, they did no work and highb... (more)

On the Minntac sub heading north to the largest taconite processing facility in the world to load iron ore pellets.