The Railroading Heritage of Midwest America organization operated two days of excursions with restored DDA40X "Centennial" locomotive #6936, with Iowa Interstate providing ES44AC #513 fo... (more)

The spring tour of the CN's Geo Train to the Iowa Zone has some extra miles added to it for the 1st time. The car traveled the IANR property to inspect what they have. The job ran the Dubuque and ... (more)

Unfortunately, I saw and was given bad info, so I missed the 4100 leading L565 back in May 2025. The next day we made chase with it trailing the CN 2285. Still, a merger is consistent, and the 228... (more)

The Royal Canadian business train crosses Duck Creek as it continues its journey to Kansas City to pick up executives.

UP 6936 and IAIS 513 leads "The Quad Cities Rocket" train across the Iowa River

A pair of SD60s on the Cedar River got me out for a midday chase southbound on the Osage Sub. This job most days runs with 1 unit. The past couple of weeks in October 2024, traffic had been on the... (more)

With a boxcar of lumber sandwiched by a couple of centerbeams that are all destined for Beisser Lumber Company in Grimes, the local crosses Walnut Creek.

The Final Nail In The Coffin For Iowa Northern. Back on January 30, 2024, Canadian National Railroad and the Iowa Northern Railroad filed an application seeking approval from the STB (Unite... (more)

CP 6644 leading its train North for Nahant at track speed across a channel from the Mississippi River.

DAIR 2511 & 2 other units lead a freight from Hudson, SD across the Big Sioux River. Here they cross over from the state of South Dakota and into Iowa.

The South St. Paul, MN, to Des Moines, IA, freight train is down to about 20 minutes to work as they pull into Mason City off the Fairmont Sub. Surprisingly, this train doesn't take the Spineline ... (more)

The new CPKC Midwest Mexico Express (MMX) trains that started mid-2023. We were able to shoot both MMX trains around Ottumwa. 181 was a 6 hour difference between days, but 180 seemed to arrive rig... (more)

UP 4014 over the Des Moines River in Boone Iowa on the 2024 Midwest Tour

An empty BNSF coal train rolls west across the Des Moines River outside of Ottumwa, Iowa as it heads back towards the North Antelope Mine in Wyoming's Power River Basin for another load. This trai... (more)

From May 2-11, I had the immense privilege to witness CP 2816, the "Empress" 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive, make its trek south on the Final Spike Steam Tour celebrating the Canadian Pac... (more)