The peaceful stillness of the Des Moines River valley is shattered by the rumble of an eastbound manifest making its way over the high bridge.

The US Highway 6 bridge just east of Council Bluffs is always a good spot to watch CBBI after it departs Council Bluffs, although the days are long gone when you could catch these units on the tra... (more)

The Blue Island to Council Bluffs daily freight rumbles across the Iowa River in downtown Iowa City. The train is working west towards South Amana from Silvis. In the consist the 1 of the 4 the S... (more)

The west train passes over a partially frozen Cedar River near Moscow. The train is working west from Silvis to South Amana on the Iowa City Sub. The Iowa Interstate has a pair daily freights that... (more)

Led by a pair of SD40-2's, a northbound empty ballast train crosses the Elk River near Hauntown, IA.

338 makes the daily trek towards Kirk Yard with morning departure out of Waterloo. Here the train passes over Prairie Creek just outside of Masonville, about 40 mile east of Waterloo. Not alot of ... (more)

A loaded grain train from western Iowa crosses Buffalo Creek just east of Winthrop. This is one of the few larger wood bridges left on the CN in Iowa. The train is working east on the Dubuque Sub ... (more)

The sun peaks out for a brief moment as the CN executive train passing thru Sinclair on the Waterloo Sub. The CN executives were out inspecting Iowa for infrastructure plans and budget ideas for u... (more)

The Hawkeye Express rolls over Clear Creek with a load of fans returning to their cars

The 10 am rock train out of Dell Rapids has just finished splitting their power at Hudson. Now the crew will run to Chatsworth to tie the train down. A Sioux City crew coming with an empty train, ... (more)

A loaded ethanol train bound for the NS at Chicago, rolls over the Poyner Creek at Raymond, 6 miles east of Waterloo. Most ethanol trains come and go from Iowa with lots of run thru foreign power ... (more)

CP OCS from KC on the Cedar River bridge between Columbus Junction and Fredonia,IA..

IAIS 6988 pulls a freight over the Iowa River and through Iowa City

The Des Moines River west of Ottumwa is high and has alot of back waters in this area. This is the DP units on an Ottumwa bound loaded coal train that is setup 2x1x2. This train will turn the corn... (more)