There were a few things I have found scanned slides that I am super happy with. One is I am glad I got a lot of photos of the depots that were still standing in early 2000 along the CN. It seems t... (more)

K50 was about the only thing moving midday, but as you see, it wasn't too exciting. The Sd30 at Marquette would have been my choice! The first 2 trains of the day had solid CSXT power. I truly app... (more)

The CCP acquired 20 ex-MILW GP9Rs sometime in 1985. These units had 2000 horses and classed GP 20s. These things were pretty ratty by the time the CCP ran them into the ground in 10 years they had... (more)

The Iowa Northern smacked a large crane at the crossing at Mona Jct the day before. The accident put all 3 units and a bunch of coal cars in the ditch. The IANR was on their way to deliver coal at... (more)

We headed for our overnight stay at Holdrege on the way home. I told the boys the chances of getting something in the last 30" of the day were probably slim on this secondary mainline. We did... (more)

If you were looking for some steak, this is the place. Probably over 1,000 heads of cattle are in this cattle lot on the east side of Dodge City. The BNSF Dodge City local pulls back towards the m... (more)

Not much is left of this consist in the current 2023 railroading. Back in 2007, this Northtown to KC freight had a dog's breakfast lashup as they made their way south on the Marshall Sub. The trai... (more)

We managed to find a lone thunderstorm here, and all hell broke loose for about 15 minutes. Lucky for us, this Minntac load showed up afterward. Steam from the cold bath covers the tracks as the t... (more)

A load out of Minntac drifts downgrade out of the mine. The train is about to pass through Mt. Iron and pass MP 6 on the Minntac Sub. The train is dropping down a steep 1.5% grade out of the mine.... (more)

The mine at Minorca isn't as busy as the other 2 mines on the Range, but trains still come and go daily from this plant. A trio of C40s chugs along as they pull a train of empties from Two Harbors... (more)

The Spencer to Mason City local rolls along between Britt and Garner. This job will take 12 hours to get the train over the 100 miles. I was surprised the train had 82 cars coming back to Mason. T... (more)

One can see the old grade for the branch line that ran from Waukon Junction out to Waukon, IA. That line was built in 1877 as a 23-mile narrow-gauge branch. In 1880 the MILW acquired the line from... (more)

The Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour made its way from Bensenville to Davenport on a wet May 9th. The poor weather did not slow down the amount of foam that chased the train across the D&I. I to... (more)

In the early 2000s, the IAIS was one cool railroad. It was a far cry from what it has become today. Back then, geeps and Alcos moved traffic across Iowa and Illinois for this small-time operation.... (more)

An extra South Amana switcher had the chore yesterday of pulling coal empties from the CIC at Cedar Rapids. They used the 513 and went light to Cedar Rapids from South Amana to pull them in the la... (more)