UP 6833 leads a CPKC 852 coal train through New Albin, Iowa.

With a GEVO and two GP's on the head end and another GEVO bringing up the rear, the Iowa Interstate's CBBI has slowed to pass through a work zone along Route 6 outside of Ladora, Iowa. Crews are m... (more)

There is plenty of water around Marquette, as near record high flooding is making things difficult for CP. The CP is fighting back hard with many work trains and constant raising of track. North o... (more)

There is plenty of water around Marquette, as near record high flooding is making things difficult for CP. The CP is fighting back hard with many work trains and constant raising of track. North o... (more)

A 2nd 260 is rolling south on the Marquette Sub towards the next crew change at Marquette. The CPKC's specially painted unit for the Canadian Air Force and a CPKC AC4400 that is in DP mode on the ... (more)

A rail train is done dumping rail north of Kains siding on the Marquette Sub. Now begins 200 plans on what to do next! Amazing how no one really knew what needed to be done and how long that would... (more)

This was the one place the CP had water up to the ties. The Marquette local takes 64 cars to Harpers Ferry siding for 261 to pickup tonight. The crew creeps thru the water at Waukon Jct. The water... (more)

This was the one place the CP had water up to the ties. The Marquette local takes 64 cars to Harpers Ferry siding for 261 to pickup tonight. The crew creeps thru the water at Waukon Jct. The water... (more)

CP GP20C-ECO 2246 sits in downtown Davenport with the 2023 CPKC Holiday Train for its stop.

This is the first year that the CP Holiday Train has run across the system under the new CPKC banner. The train itself still had the boxcars lettered for Canadian Pacific, but the stage car was ne... (more)

CP GP20C-ECO 2246 leads the 2023 CPKC Holiday Train South through Bettendorf.

CP GP20C-ECO 2246 leads the 2023 CPKC Holiday Train West across the historic swing bridge in Sabula.

GMTX 2694, IANR 4003, 3955, & 3808 shove a long line of 2-bay sand hoppers into the Duane-Arnold Energy Center spur on a sunny, but hazy late-April morning. After they finished their work, they'd ... (more)

CP GP20C-ECO 2246 leads the 2023 CPKC Holiday Train South past the levee in North Clinton as it approaches its stop in town.

IARR 3802 & 3004 lead a string of ethanol empties southbound past 130th St, just south of Ackley, IA. This is the Iowa River Railroad, and it is by far one of the jankiest operations I've ever pho... (more)