CBFX 1595 leads a Iowa Southern train on the outskirts of Albia, as it heads south.

Loaded BNSF coal train C BTMCLS0 77A cruises through Avery, Iowa as it makes its trip from the Powder River Basin's Black Thunder Mine to the Shawnee Fossil Plant in Kentucky. One of BNSF's SD70MA... (more)

On a line dominated by coal trains, the Denver to Galesburg train provides a welcome splash of variety. There has been plenty of change in the 25 years since this photo was taken. The searchlights... (more)

A trio of MACs hum downgrade past the old depot in Red Oak, IA in the waning light of a December afternoon. Astia.

CN 8004 leads an eastbound manifest as it departs Waterloo, IA.

Grabbing some tank cars.

A pair of GP38-2s push in a string of freshly loaded fuel tankers.

A pair of GE's leads BNSF's Galesburg to Des Moines manifest as it begins its trip up the branch on the Des Moines Sub after diverging off the Ottumwa Sub at the junction in Albia, Iowa. As the tr... (more)

A Railserve crew at the operation in Eddyville, Iowa switches out the yard on the south side of the industrial complex with a pair of LTEX GP's on a sunny August morning. Now a stub end yard, this... (more)

Yard switching with a trainee using the Beltpack.

CP SD40-2 6025 leads the "World's Largest Watermelon Slice" North towards the riverfront in Muscatine where it will be lifted by crane to its final home.

The normal junker freight train across southern Iowa is this Lincoln to Galesburg and counterpart. These trains usually drag everything possible between Galesburg and Lincoln and are dog-along tra... (more)

An Itasca, WI, to Parson, KS, freight is in heavy dynamics as they drop down the .80% grade out of Chariton into the Chariton River Valley. The train is 20 miles from the Missouri border as they w... (more)

An extra freight train from Des Moines, IA, to Herington, KS, is back on the move at Williamson. Williamson is located at MP 31 on the UP Trenton Sub on the old ex-Rock Island Spineline. The train... (more)

This old ex-Rock Island depot along the UP Trenton Sub in Chariton is still used by the UP. It is hard to believe that this old gem has stood the test of time. The UP Trenton Sub is the south end ... (more)