A pair of GP's working on the Union Pacific yard job out of Shortline Yard in Des Moines, Iowa has taken a long cut out of the yard, pulling east for headroom on to Iowa Interstate's Newton Sub. T... (more)

The D&I train out of Dell Rapids came in today as a monster 126x0, 17228/6950. Once to Sioux City, the train has to be delivered and yarded. 2 crews work off each end to make the delivery/yarding ... (more)

Much to the surprise of us, this tank train out of Williams, OK, had some coal train power on it. It's kind of rare for these parts on the Transcon. Here, the train crosses the Des Moines River on... (more)

A Global 1 to Shops Yard, LA, (Los Angeles, CA Container Facility) stacker hammers upgrade as they works south on the UP Trenton Sub towards KC This is part of the old Rock Island Spineline betwe... (more)

A Global 1 to Shops Yard, LA, (Los Angeles, CA Container Facility) stacker hammers upgrade as they works south on the UP Trenton Sub towards KC This is part of the old Rock Island Spineline betwe... (more)

Work started last week on prepping this old bridge over Prairie Creek for replacement. The bridge gang has been working on the fills and culverts around the bridge to make it more accessible. With... (more)

Prep work is about done on this bridge at Masonville on the CN Dubuque Sub. Work started in March to replace this wood bridge over Prairie Creek. Here, 338 has slowed to 25mph as they cross this o... (more)

The Waterloo to Ft. Dodge local found an unusual leader for the Saturday train. The 5456 is paired up with 2 SD70Ms off 337 to work west. Normally the 570/571 work with SD75s, but for some reason ... (more)

The Boone & Scenic Valley RR passenger train rolls over the Bass Point Creek High Bridge on the last return trip of the day from Boone , 8 miles North and back

Late evening Union Pacific Trio rolling, just North of Grinnell Iowa - This sub is off the main Clinton Sub that runs down South of downtown Grinnell

With a trio of EMD's on the point, the BNSF M EDYGAL is rolling along the main after departing from Eddyville as it makes the return trip to Galesburg. The train is crossing over the still waters ... (more)

The Iowa Southern Railway's local job makes its way south out of Albia, Iowa where it picked up interchange with BNSF and heads towards Moravia. An SW1500 and GP7 lead the train as it crosses over... (more)

UP suffered a major derailment on their Mason City Sub at Hampton, IA on Labor Day. While clean up takes place the Iowa Northern has taken a bunch of southbound detours from Manly to Cedar Rapids... (more)

A rail train is done dumping rail north of Kains siding on the CP Marquette Sub. The job will setout the threader car on the Rugged Rock track next at MP 133. Plan "A", with warranties i... (more)

The Savanna, IL, to Mason City, IA, local is quite busy on the Marquette Sub tonight. At Dubuque, they did the interchange work with the CN before picking up over 70 cars setout by 475 the night b... (more)