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)

The mid-day hotshot out of Chicago has around 62-63 mph in hand as they work west into the setting sun. The crew on the train is 97 miles into their over 300 miles trip from the east side of Iowa ... (more)

This is a fun little prop along highway 30 at Clarence. A westbound land barge freight slowly making their way west on the Clinton Sub. Clarence is located about 45 miles west of Clinton.

Originally NYC>PC>CR. Photo by Tony Vanier. From my collection.

CN has been loading BNSF grain trains for many years out in western Iowa. Back in 2007 an empty grainer is approaching Ft. Dodge as they pass this barn near MP 369. This set of power off the BNSF ... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train rolls off east on the Dubuque Sub. The train is just past the siding at Jesup on this bitterly cold day. The temperature was -8 over the 257 HBD. If ... (more)

The Spencer local crew has cabbed into Mason City to help out the cause on the Sheldon Sub. The night before B40 put a wedge plow on the ground at track speed east of Emmetsburg in a hard derailme... (more)

In 2019 Winter the past 7 weeks has been pretty tough on everyone in the Midwest. Last night Canadian Pacific's B-41 local left Mason City around 2am with a wedge plow and 69 cars. Multiple derail... (more)

n true 2021 railroading fashion …we do everything as hard as we can. That was no exception here with this B41 local out of Mason City to Spencer. The 1st crew spent all night switching in Mason ... (more)

The B42 crew on this B41 begins the 2.5 hour task of spotting and pulling CF industries at Tank Spur. This place mainly unloads anhydrous ammonia tanks. In the winter time these places go crazy ca... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train dashes thru the snow as it passes thru Jesup on the CN Dubuque Sub. The train is 15 miles east of Waterloo. Foreign power is getting to be the norm t... (more)