I thought for sure that when I took this photo early on the morning of December 7, 1994 the this would be the last sunrise 611 would see with a fire in her belly. I still hope I was wrong. http://... (more)

The Fond Du Lac, WI, to Waterloo, IA, extra manifest train hits a small drift west of Dyersville. The CN in Iowa has been extremely short of power this week, X337 and M337 today both have a bunch ... (more)

KCS 4704 and BNSF 4540 were sent out of Galesburg to rescue all the crews along the Mendota Sub. After spending all morning doing so their next assignment was to pull a stuck train out of a drift ... (more)

A side view of UP 4014 as it is pulled across Fairway Drive in Pomona.

M338 has the brakes set as the Carmen work their outbound air test. Tonight's M338 will depart Waterloo with a wedge plow and 101 cars. Strong winds over 50 mph will make the run to Dubuque very d... (more)

An OSR plow extra runs south towards Tillsonburg to reopen the line after severe winds caused heavy drifting.

A nice clean SD60M heads west with a work crane as light snow continues to fill the air.

UP X4014 on the first leg of it's journey to Cheyenne, seen here passing through Ontario on the way to West Colton.

In Union Pacific's passenger car shop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, is a Trackmobile 95TM mobile railcar mover.

Despite the watering of ore as it is dumped (visible under the train), a stiff northwest wind has whipped up quite the dust cloud. The 1000-footer James R. Barker is in the process of loading whil... (more)

C&H #3 looks pretty good for 140 years old. The train has stopped near the main entrance to Greenfield Village to pick up passengers for the last round trip of the day.

Maroon and gold SW1 1378 moves loaded grain cars from Elevator M on a code blue afternoon. The shuttered lake vessel American Victory hasn't sailed since 2008 and its future is uncertain at best. ... (more)

Northshore Mining's unique looking former Reserve Mining spreader clears the south track.

Vermont Railway and Vermont Rail System are kicking off the Golden 50th Anniversary of the rail company - January 6, 1964 to January 6, 2014. In honor of the anniversary, VRS had GP40-2LW 311 pai... (more)