The eastbound stone train out of Carey had to wait for the NS train 18M-10 at Chatfield. The W&LE Carey Sub crosses the NS Sandusky District. The 18M is sporting the Vets unit and the same consist... (more)

We have seen a destruction of Midwest coaling towers this week. 2 on the Amtrak Michigan line and the UP at Nelson have been or will be torn down. One can still see a few left along various mainli... (more)

This former Toledo & Ohio Central passenger station in Bucyrus has been beautifully restored. The station was built in 1892, and it was last used by passengers in the 1920s. The renovations began ... (more)

Eastbound 31 local with 5 brand new CPKC ET44AC locomotives: CP 7497, CP 7495, CP 7476, CP 7499, CP7500.

Our 2nd storm of the season started getting going Friday morning. y the time it ended Saturday night, most of Iowa is in pretty bad shape. It was an impressive storm with a decent amount of wind a... (more)

Our 2nd storm of the season started getting going Friday morning. By the time it ended Saturday night, most of Iowa is in pretty bad shape. It was an impressive storm with a decent amount of wind ... (more)

Our 2nd storm of the season started getting going Friday morning. By the time it ended Saturday night, most of Iowa is in pretty bad shape. It was an impressive storm with a decent amount of wind ... (more)

Eastbound train QSBDCHI passes Martinez in the early morning lead by BNSF 603.

CP 8126 leads CPKC 9-253 South through a flooded downtown Davenport.

A loaded syrup train out of Rock Island, IL, rolls easy thru Fort Madison and along the Mississippi River. The train has just crossed into Iowa and will change subdivision here in a mile from the ... (more)

BNSF AC44C4M 604 leads a manifest West through Congress Park.

BNSF 617 (AC44C4M), a former Warbonnet, leads a westbound baretable train through Rochelle, IL.

BNSF 600 leads the SLADEN merchandise train at Greenland, CO, with Pikes Peak looming in the distance. May 30, 2022.

BNSF 606 with a nice lashup await a crew to take this train north over the Mojave Sub. Most Northern California trains are tied down due to a derailment in the Tehachapi Mountains earlier in the w... (more)

Once again, Amtrakā€™s Southwest Chief encountered problems en route from Chicago to Los Angeles, and train 3 picked up a BNSF engine to assist it in Kansas City, at which point it was runn... (more)