An eastbound stacker from North Platte, NE, to Dupo, IL, rolls into Marysville for a crew change. This nice Tier 4 leads the train as they cross the Big Blue River in northern Kansas. Marysville i... (more)

Not really paying much attention to the UP's Wagoner Sub, we got lucky to catch this Des Moines, IA, to North Little Rock, AR, freight train. We heard a crew give a rollby at Hanson Siding. Now th... (more)

A San Juan Del Rio, Mexico, bound grain train is in heavy braking as they roll south out of Stillwell on the Heavener Sub. The train is dropping down a heavy grade from Stillwell to Cave Springs,... (more)

The Kansas City to Shreveport freight has just pulled into the fuel pad at Heavener. The mechanical forces put a blue flag on the lead motor to protect the work they are going to do. The train wou... (more)

The Watts Dodger is pulling back into Watts for the day with a healthy train. This job works out of Watts and seems to depart pretty early for points north on the Heavener Sub. Watts is located at... (more)

Noel is located on the KCS Heavener Sub in far southwestern Missouri. A Kansas City to Shreveport freight rolls south thru the southern Missouri Ozarks. The train is coasting along but will soon c... (more)

Rolling meet....this loaded coal train had to wait at McElhany for this empty oil train to clear up. The oil train had clears around the coal train so they made high pace pass at 40mph thru the si... (more)

This is the classic barn shot on the UP Geneva Sub just west of Geneva. A hot California to Chicago Z crosses over at Peck less than 40 miles from Chicago.

A massive Council Bluffs to "Clinton" freight train pass over the CN Leighton Sub at West Chicago. Someone must be getting a bonus for moving these cars on a Clinton symbol to Chicago, P... (more)

Metra westbound train #505 hammers across the CN at JB Tower in West Chicago. The diamond here looks like its in pretty tough shape in early 2021. The diamond sits down in a hole, but then again I... (more)

The hot St. Paul to Chicago Z-train has slowed up for the permanent slow thru Savanna on the Aurora Sub. The train has been racing along the frozen Mississippi River for nearly all of the trip til... (more)

It is amazing how much things change at the railroad. I have been coming to the Aurora Sub since the early 90'swhen I was in my teens. Those days BN/CN/CCP trains rolls thru and an operator at Eas... (more)

The L586 local has pulled thru the dumper on A-track at IEI (now called Logistics Park Dubuque) for headroom. This job does local work on the BNSF Aurora Sub around East Dubuque. Due to the way th... (more)

It is really hard to believe that this was enough power for a freight train along the Aurora Sub. Now days to find any train under 8,000 horse probably not too common, but back in 1997 a measly 4,... (more)

The west end of the Mason City Yard had a fixed distant signal for the diamond with the UP at the Bear Trap. The signal here and Nora Spring were just a reminder to be prepared to stop at the diam... (more)