A lot of people say that they find the KYLE by driving the length of the railroad and "happen" into the 1 of the trains. We got lucky enough our 1st morning we ran into this westbound Li... (more)

Busy times in the afternoon at Deer Field. An inbound and outbound train meet at the station. The outbound has the throttle in the left corner as they speed west on the C&M Sub with the next stop ... (more)

A Metra afternoon Fox Lake or Elgin trains pass each other at A2. The train 512 will soon be stopping for the Western Ave station stop. Man, these 500s SD70s are so cool to see on passenger trains... (more)

For Lollapalooza 2025 in Chicago, Metra ran a few extra trains to help the crowds get to and from downtown over the August 2nd weekend. One such train was this extra C&M train inbound to Chicago. ... (more)

The 36 ex-IC SD70s are still a big part of CN's locomotive fleet. A big number of them have seen their days assigned to the greater Chicago area or the Kirk to Centralia corridor. Once in a while,... (more)

The Iowa Northern shut down operations for a bit on Saturday so their employees could enjoy a company ride and lunch. The employee special ran from Waterloo to Vinton and back. Here the job pokes ... (more)

The Iowa Northern ran a passenger train from Manly to Cedar Rapids on Monday, 9/30. Mostly IANR management people rode the train, maybe as a final farewell-type trip. Everyone is still waiting on ... (more)

The Cedar Rapids to Waterloo job is working La Porte City on their way back to Waterloo. The crew sets out empties for loading at the elevator and now shoves back to their train. In February 2025,... (more)

The Cedar Rapids to Waterloo local is about 5 miles from La Porte City. This job can be all over the place for timing heading back to Waterloo. Usually the job heads south out of Waterloo from 21:... (more)

The westbound Silvis, IL, to Council Bluffs, IA, freight train has 40 mph in hand as they roll west on the Newton Sub. A tiny 26-car train isn't much work for the single GEVO working their way bac... (more)

Probably the closest thing to shooting a Missouri Pacific train I'll ever get. A westbound CC train works through the Winthrop Curves on the way to Waterloo. In the 10 years of the CCP's existence... (more)

For the start of the IC&E, FURX ex-BN SD40s were leased. 62 of them came to the property in their old BN/BNSF paint. They stuck around for about a year until the IC&E 6400s came on the property st... (more)

A westbound IC&E train is about to cross the CN Osage Sub in Charles City. The diamond box shows the old heritage from days gone by 4 years prior. I was here in 2025 and nothing from the IMRL/IC&E... (more)

The railroad served Clinton and Davenport, IA, with a connection across the Mississippi River into Rock Island and Moline, IL, via the Crescent Bridge. The 48.5 mile line was jointly owned by the... (more)

With some excellent help, we did a great afternoon chase with the Salina to Limon local freight train. As anytime with the Kyle, these jobs do things as hard as possible. With 2 hour of work at Bu... (more)