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The daily Kia-Hyundai train M210 looks great coming into Opelika with 104 cars this afternoon and being lead by the Spirit of First Responders painted locomotive. For over 3 y... (more)

A sunny April afternoon finds M805 (curfew symboled M605) coming through Opelika and passing cars occupying the two spur tracks next to the old freight house. Prior to the PSR crazy of 2017, thes... (more)

The Jersey Central heritage unit leans into the superelevated curve at Garfield, NJ on a sunny summer afternoon.

Pere Marquette 1225 has arrived in Ashley, MI with the evening run of the Steam Railroading Institute's "Polar Express" trainset, seen here steaming away outside of downtown while passen... (more)

The mighty Pere Marquette 1225 puffs away outside the Steam Railroad Institute's headquarters in Owosso, MI, with the "Polar Express" trainset, ready to take visitors on the next run to ... (more)

503 job starting their day to clean up the yard

For a long time in 2025, this ex-SP GP60 held down the Oskaloosa job out of Marshalltown. Probably not a lot of these old girls left on the roster. The train comes out of Marshalltown midday for t... (more)

The Osky job is heading south with a hefty train. The crew left a bunch of cars behind at Marshalltown because the customer didn't want them. The crew passes the elevator at Pickering, which doesn... (more)

Cresson Turn arriving Cresson yard

Late November heavy snowstorms aren't too common. On 11/29 over a foot of snow fell in the state. Colder temps this week kept most of the snow around too. I made out Wednesday to do something. I r... (more)

504 approaching Godley heading to Cleburne

The railroad history can be interesting, but one thing it is always changing! With the start of yesterday, February 13th, a chapter of a railroad was closed. With a big supper/meeting in Waterloo ... (more)

The yesterday's Oelwein job didn't make it back to Waterloo, so today they came back out and caught their own train for the trip into Waterloo. The job is doing work now on the south end of the et... (more)

The Cedar River needed the CN 5409 for horsepower, so it didn't go on 338 for Dubuque. It was needed due to tonnage on an 80-car L575. The Cedar River died on the Osage Sub Friday with no 2nd crew... (more)

I hadn't seen the 4101 out running around much since the IANR got it. The crew was having PTC issues with it, so I am not sure if it is still running right back in 2024. The WSE (Waterloo Switcher... (more)