Another classic example of a customer sick and tired of the Class 1 treatment and has contracted a small time operation to do their switching. As is the case as the Saturday morning crew is busy w... (more)

An empty Fruitland coal train slams thru the west end of Cotter minutes from sunset. Cool to see old ex-Rock Island signals, with a pot signal, still in service here. The train is 55 miles from be... (more)

The daily Waterloo, IA, to Kirk Yard near Gary, IN, manifest train is 8 miles into the trip out of Waterloo. The train tackles the grade Big Raymond Hill on the Dubuque Sub. With all 3 GE's barkin... (more)

Memorial Day has the N&W heritage unit leading the daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard freight out of Iowa. Here it passes the Jesup Cemetery as people gather to pay their respects in a flag filled cemete... (more)

The daily St. Paul to Kansas City freight train slowly makes their way south on the "slow track" out of Nahant. The Industrial Track (old main left from double track) extends from Nahant... (more)

The CP sometimes struggles with the morning meeting of their daily St. Paul to KC trains south of Davenport due to train lengths. As is the case today, 260 and 261 had to meet on the double track ... (more)

This B70 local went to work at 1 am in Nahant. The job is assigned work around the area and also the make the trek up and back from Nahant Yard to the SSAB Steel Plant outside of Montpelier. Here ... (more)

After the 260 and 261 meet has gone down here at Montpelier, the Ipsco Job finally gets their turn to head up the hill to Saab. This job comes out of Nahant Yard and makes a daily trip up to the h... (more)

The DP Power on an empty Fruitland coal train slams thru the west end of Cotter minutes from sunset. Cool to see old ex-Rock Island signals, with a pot signal, still in service here. The train is... (more)

The Clinton local came out at 7:30am and their 1st task was to grab some empties from ADM Ag Services along 2nd street. Here the job backs up towards their yard to begin other task for the day. By... (more)

A trio of trains meet briefly at Union Pacific's Hull Avenue Yard on the east side of Des Moines, Iowa. UP 2711 is slowly rolling south with a loaded ethanol train as it approaches the signals for... (more)

UP suffered a major derailment on their Mason City Sub at Hampton, IA on Labor Day. While clean up takes place the Iowa Northern has taken a bunch of southbound detours from Manly to Cedar Rapids... (more)

Someday the plan is for the UP to replace this 1907 bridge across the Mississippi River with a fixed high level bridge. The new bridge will clear the 100 year foot plain by 44 feet and will widen ... (more)

A Blue Island to Fort Madison vehicle train works into Fort Madison and soon the yard. The train pass the historical Fort Madison. This Fort was in service from 1808-13. Fort Madison was targeted ... (more)

The endless parade of containers on the BNSF Transcon never end. Here a Chicago interchange bound stacker slowly pulls out of the yard at Fort Madison. The train passes the restored ex-Santa depot... (more)