KCS 4769 leads CPKC 251 North through Waterworks.

It's a chilly February morning in Avery, Iowa as a BNSF ES44AC and SD70ACe lead eastbound coal loads past frozen farm fields. This is one of the sections of split main on the Ottumwa Subdivision, ... (more)

A pair of GP's working on the Union Pacific yard job out of Shortline Yard in Des Moines, Iowa has taken a long cut out of the yard, pulling east for headroom on to Iowa Interstate's Newton Sub. T... (more)

Iowa Interstate CBBI in Malcolm

A late running CBBI finishes work in downtown Des Moines with Iowa Interstate's Rock Island painted ES44AC over a fresh layer of snow.

A pair of GP15s is in charge of the Oskaloosa Local seen here headed south through Gilman, Iowa.

Canadian Pacific 7045 and 8072 lead the northbound manifest 475-25 through the S curve and dike flood wall in the Lyons neighborhood, Clinton, IA. Taken along the Canadian Pacific Davenport Subdiv... (more)

KCS' honoring veterans locomotive 4006, a UP AC44, and a pair of KCS GEVOs lead M33891-26 eastbound at the old Beth Siding. Taken on CN's Dubuque Subdivision.

BNSF 5956 shoves the rear end of CBCR (XSACR crew) up Walford Hill as they continue their climb into Cedar Rapids, IA on the CIC Amana Main (IAIS Cedar Rapids Subdivision).

CCP 7904 tows a grain train thru Council Bluffs, IA in May of 1987.

The cosmetically restored CRIP E-units were stored in Manly. I have to admit I liked the scheme the 652 wore before this restoration, but they both look amazing.

With over 14,000 feet of train, this 2nd 261 is back on the move at Harpers Ferry. The train made a pickup at Marquette and had 2 extra cars making them over the CP rules. After lining the South s... (more)

With 14,000 feet of train in tow, this 2nd 261 lumbers up the Marquette Sub towards St. Paul. Over the detector, they had 2 extra cars putting them over the 14,000 feet threshold rule CPKC has for... (more)

With the massive flooding the CP took in May from the Mississippi River, there has been so much work done along the Marquette Sub. Many, many work trains have been up and down this Marquette Sub. ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Cedar Rapids to Waterloo job makes a later appearance in Vinton as they work back to Bryant Yard in Waterloo. The crew would have to go out on the Dysart Branch to spot and pul... (more)