CN crew has detached CN unit for night shot. CN ferries Rio Grande ski train east to Algoma Central at Dubuque from Council Bluffs. Train waits for crew at Dubuque

Canadian National eastbound ethanol train is down grade near Dubuque, Iowa on February 10th 2010. The train is powered by CN 5691/IC3133/CN/IC2457 BCRail 4603 representing four CN paint styles. ... (more)

Canadian Pacific detour on Iowa Chicago and Eastern. Eastbound from La Crescent, will turn east at Sabula and cross northern Illinois to Bensenville.

The path along the Mississippi River south of downtown Dubuque, IA is a nice place for a morning walk, especially when the CN has a pair of older GP38-2's working in their yard.

in 2022, the CP ran their tech train across the old GWWR on the KCS on 1/27 and 28. The train left St. Louis late on 1/27 and ran to KC on the 28th. Last night the train made its way out of KC on ... (more)

IC 3115 & IC 9622 lead the charge of CN L56591-11 as they work their way westbound up and out of the Mississippi River Valley, darting under the old Highway 20 overpass in the Julien neighborhood ... (more)

With a IC GP40R in it’s orignal “Deathstar” scheme followed by a GTW repaint, L565 can be seen beginning their evening as they depart Dubuque to head to Manchester.

GTW 4917 adds to the chaos of Salina Street on a gorgeous October Friday morning.

NOT TYPICAL: Not your typical trucking company meets not your typical railroading. CN's Dubuque based local has just made the shove down the middle of Salina Street. They're in th... (more)

FXE 2046 (EMD GP38-2) leads CP 2WCM-09 northbound over CN trackage past CN's Dubuque Yard. This is by far one of the most unprecedented movements I've seen in my entire life. If you'd told me a mo... (more)

IMRL SD40's 218 ex-BN 6306 and 202 ex-C&S 885 has train 233 heading southbound along the Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iowa December 8, 1998. Jack Kuiphoff © photo

A classic CN EMD SD40-2W and 2 NS motors leads a G889 grain train out of the Mississippi River Valley towards Waterloo, and eventually Alden, IA.

CN 3892 (ES44AC) leads a U713 ethanol/gas train across the Mississippi River in Dubuque, IA.

The westbound Dubuque to Manchester and back local is out of Dubuque in good shape with their 16:00 on duty time. L565's 2 GP38's are just a barking lifting tonnage out of the Mississippi River Va... (more)

CN came up with an old odd ball leader for an empty Alden, IA, bound grain empty. The CN 5317 stood proud today leading a couple NS units on a nice sunny Saturday. Here the train pulls into #1 tra... (more)