GTW 5851 and IC 9568 work the south end of Markham Yard on a nice crisp late March 2024 morning.

A former CitiRail unit leads a southbound auto rack train out of Markham Yard on a beautiful morning in suburban Homewood.

A pair of Iowa Northern locomotives smokes it up as they pull a long heavy cut of rail-cars out of Markham Yard. They put on a good show as they past the Homewood rail viewing platform.

Since the CN took over the Iowa Northern Railway, their units are ending up just about anywhere now on the CN system. A pair have shown up on the south trim job shoving a cut of cars back into Mar... (more)

A pair of GTW GP38-2s work a pulldown on the South end of Markham Yard.

IC SD70 1007 leads CN L537 South through Homewood.

Iowa Northern power comes to the CN HARRIS Shops in Homewood. On January 14th of 2025 the Surface Transportation Board approved the acquisition of the Iowa Northern by CN. The unit await transport... (more)

The CN 102, freshly painted, sits behind Woodcrest Shops. The Unit is longer with CN and has been donated to the Monticello Railway Museum.

The CN 102, freshly painted, sits behind Woodcrest Shops. The Unit is longer with CN and has been donated to the Monticello Railway Museum.

IC 9613, a GP38-2 that has traded its Illinois Central black for CN red, works a pulldown job with IC 3138, a GP40R which IS wearing the old IC black, second out.

Uncertain Future. The CN 102 and CN 103 sit in shrink wrap behind the Woodcrest shops. An era of change for the CN Business fleet. Now primarily powered by the CN 3309. The E-9's were donated. Th... (more)

Temporarily a member of the CN Fleet. The NEW YORK CENTRAL SWIFT STREAM sits at Woodcrest as it preps for transfer to the UNITED RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The URHS purchased the car in July of ... (more)

On the Deadline or Uncertain Future Line, the CN 2107 still wears the CN 15th Anniversary Logo of CN being Privatized. The 2107 was originally built as CNW 8560.

On the back side of the newly designated CN HARRIS SHOPS a Dangerous Goods and Derailment Training course has been established for Fire Fighter and First Responder Training. The Mock-Up offers a r... (more)

Not What It Seems. At the Derailment Training Center, CN 2412 drew the short end of the stick. Retired from mainline service, it found a way to escape the scrapper in the form of what you s... (more)