As the Mississippi River flooding continues to wreak havoc, ballast trains having been running day and night to fight the rising water. KCS 3967 leads an empty 3GPS north on a rainy Sunday mornin... (more)

A top-five Mississippi River flood event still has aways to go before reaching the tracks at Lansing. Empty ethanol heading south to Marquette, IA where it will turn west towards Mason City, IA.

CP 8781 leads 474 along the Western banks of the Mississippi River.

CP 8781 leads train 474 through the close quarters of Lansing, Iowa.

IC GP10 no. 8062 is in the Waterloo, IA roundhouse. The nose logo indicates this unit has yet to be re-lettered to ICG. Waterloo was an important terminal on ICG's line from Chicago to Omaha, and ... (more)

After leading a manifest into Des Moines, Iowa, a Union Pacific SD70M and AC4400CW break down their train on the inbound tracks at Shortline Yard. Once the crew drops this last cut of cars, they ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew does work in the Manly Terminal. This is the farthest north the Iowa Northern goes. The Manly Yard used to be a small little operation with an interchange point wit... (more)

Out in far western Iowa, we see the Proviso to North Platte freight swinging around the curve west of Woodbine. We were coming east with the CN local 572 which will be on the closet track alittle ... (more)

Out in far western Iowa, we see the Proviso to North Platte freight swinging around the curve west of Woodbine. We were coming east with the CN local 572 which will be on the closet track alittle ... (more)

Back in 2007, the UP was using most of their ex-CNW SD40's in local type traffic around Iowa. These units mostly stayed captivated since they had cab signals for the ex-CNW mainline thru Iowa and ... (more)

An empty coal train out of Weston, WI, for Wisconsin Public Service, hammers west on the Clinton Sub. The 2x1 empty train has just passed CPA 090 at Fairfax on the westside of Cedar Rapids. The tr... (more)

A slot rock train swings around the corner at Chicago Jct onto the Spineline. The train came off the Clinton Sub eastbound and is now southbound on the Mason City Sub towards Des Moines. The train... (more)

The UP announced last month they will go to a new corporate scheme. The wings scheme will be going away in place of the shield on the nose again and the flag moved up to a stupid spot on the side ... (more)

UP's restored Big Boy is making its way back west towards the end of July after touring the Midwest. The train passed thru Iowa on July 30 thru August 2 on its westbound trip. The train laid over ... (more)

A Pekin, IL, from Midwest Generation at Powerton to North Rochelle Mine, WY, empty coal train rolls west on the UP Clinton Sub. The train passes thru small town of Chelsea in central Iowa. I was p... (more)