The hotshot from Portland to Chicago is on the last leg of the trip with 273 miles to go to Chicago. Here the train rolls along the open waters of the Mississippi River at Victory. The train is ab... (more)

The ice is breaking up as warmer weather pushes in this early March weekend along the upper Mississippi River Valley. A westbound auto train out of Blue Island, IL, is humming along the Aurora Sub... (more)

A loaded grain train bound for Galveston, TX, rolls along the fairly frozen Mississippi River at Lynxville. This load out of Superior is using an old gal to help out as the 631 looks like a tired ... (more)

About hour ahead of their designated schedule time from South Seattle, this hotshot Chicago bound Z-train makes good time rumbling down the Aurora Sub. The train passes thru Lynxville on main #1 a... (more)

A 1x1 Seattle to Chicago stacker rolls across the Cold Springs Landing causeway just north of Lynxville. A nice warm up is going to put a big dent in the ice on the Upper Mississippi River area th... (more)

A loaded oil train cruises down the Aurora Sub a few minutes before sunset. The train crosses one of the many causeways that takes the Aurora Sub across the back waters of the Mississippi River al... (more)

The back waters of the Mississippi River is a hotspot for fisherman to ice fish. The Cold Springs Landing was a busy place on this nice Sunday morning. There were endless amount of holes in this 1... (more)

A high priority freight train from Blytheville, AR, to Galesburg, IL, is slowly pulling out of the West Quincy Yard. The train crosses the massive Mississippi River Bridge as they pull out of the ... (more)

This crew just boarded this North Bay Z-train 7 miles back at Fort Madison. The crew has the throttle in the left corner as they get their legs stretch out on the Marceline Sub. The train passes u... (more)

A Logistic Park Kansas to Willow Spring hotshot races across the Marceline Sub. The train makes good time on the fairly flat section of trackage between CA Jct and Marceline. Here is passes a farm... (more)

A stack train out of Clovis rolls off east on the Marceline Sub after letting Amtrak by at Hardin. The train wakes up the small quite town of Norborne with its freight bound for Logistics Park nea... (more)

The Tulsa to Lincoln freight is back on the move towards Murry Yard as the KCT switches the side track full of tie cars. This is where the Ft. Scott Sub ends and the KCT begins in the West Bottoms... (more)

A Blue Island to San Bernardino auto train works west on the Marceline Sub. The train passes under a skeleton ex-Santa Fe signal bridge near Bucklin. Few of these bridges made into late 2019 befor... (more)

The classic shot of the KCS at Decatur on the KCS Heavener Sub. The KC to Shreveport freight slowly rolls thru town working up the 1.5% grade out of the Wolf Creek Bottoms. The train is setup 3x1 ... (more)

The KC to Shreveport manifest train has just top the 2nd hard 1.5% grade as they pass thru Gravette. The train isn't very big today but 2 of the 3 units on the head end, along with a single DP uni... (more)