BNSF 8379 and company, hustle out of Fort Madison, Iowa.

Four P42s power today's Southwest Chief. This power is due to the large amount of mail cars on the rear of the train which was not uncommon in this time period.

The Southwest Chief crosses the Mississippi River bridge at Fort Madison with Amtrak's Phase IV heritage unit on the point.

Amtrak heritage unit 184 leads The Southwest Chief across the swing bridge that spans the mighty Mississippi River at Fort Madison on a gorgeous summer evening.

ATSF 142 subs for an ailing Amtrak unit as it cruises thru Fort Madison, IA in September of 1993. It looks like a Pepsi Can was already subbing for an F40PH. The yard in Fort Madison was still par... (more)

FORT MADISON IA Sept 18 1979 -- Santa Fe GP20u 3038 basks in the sun waiting for a call to duty.

The westbound Southwest Chief is right on time as it makes it's way across the former Santa Fe bridge in Fort Madison, Iowa. At Ft. Madison, the train wil leave the Chillicothe Sub and enter the M... (more)

A westbound Q-CXOLAC7-19A rolls across the bridge in Ft. Madison, Iowa. It's not all that hard to imagine a quarted of EMD GP60M's leading these pigs across this very bridge just 25 years ago.

An eastbound intermodal departs Fort Madison bound for Chicago.

A Roger Puta photograph.

BNSF 7678, BNSF 6940 & BNSF 4345 leads a westbound stack train across the Mississippi River out of Illinois and into Fort Madison, Iowa on BNSF's Marceline Sub.

A Santa Fe local departs Fort Madison, Iowa, on May 31, 1986. Bracketing EMD GP20 No. 3023 and caboose are three boxcars on the short westbound train. The engine facility is directly above the tra... (more)