Pan Am local LA-3 is seen getting some assistance from Billerica Fire after running low on water working the shop lead.

A duo of A&M Alco C420’s slowly wade through the water that is covering their trackage in Van Buren after heavy rains hit the area. The job had just got done serving a few industries near town a... (more)

L529 makes its way down the flooded Romeoville Lead. They would later tie down because this stretch of track became impassable.

METX 79 leads train 643 over Camp Ground Road, which except for signs is non-existent after historic flooding along the Des Plaines River.

The Clark County Fire Department greets Clinchfield 800 and C&O 2716 with a water salute as they approach Main Street in Downtown Winchester. Kudos again to the fine folks at CSX, the Kentucky Ste... (more)

An eastbound coal train sneaks thru the high water in downtown Burlington. The Mississippi River crested on June 2nd at 24.48 feet. The crest was the 3rd highest crest on record with the record of... (more)

The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 was the 3rd highest crest on reco... (more)

The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 at the 3rd highest crest on recor... (more)

A local resident is enjoying the warm evening doing alittle carp bow fishing along the Des Moines River west of Ottumwa. Last time we were here, we were able to drive to the bridge on this road, b... (more)

Penn Central E44s and a train stuck in the Assunpink Creek flooding of 1975. The USGS investigation of the flooding can be found here... (more)

In what may be one of the craziest things I've ever seen, CP 8790 leads a manifest south through the middle of floodwaters from the Mississippi River in downtown Davenport.

MILW E9 no. 35C gets its face washed at North La Crosse, WI as the North Coast Hiawatha (Amtrak) makes a station stop for passengers, a crew change, and water for the locomotive tanks. During the ... (more)

Dry conditions combined with a stiff breeze fanned sparks from a rail grinder into a moderate grass fire. Crews on the grinder and those following on a special Northshore Mining fire train doused ... (more)

Dry conditions combined with a stiff breeze fanned sparks from a rail grinder into a moderate grass fire. Crews on the grinder and those following on a special Northshore Mining fire train doused ... (more)

There is no fire…. yet! What are they doing? Southern Pacific ran a vegetation control spray train on its Cascade Subdivision to apply a herbicide to prevent growth of burdensome Bracken ... (more)