The normal 8am Butler crew did their normal operations today by driving to Bryant Yard in Waterloo and running a train back to Butler. Here, the crew is just off the CN at Cedar Falls Jct. and rol... (more)

GRW 317 and 303 make up a Gary Railway slug set as they bring 5 cars out of Blast Furnace #4.

With the official takeover date of March 1, 2025, I have been out trying to shoot the Iowa Northern as the CN makes changes to the railroad. Job changes came first in March, and now power changes ... (more)

With the official takeover date of March 1, 2025, I have been out trying to shoot the Iowa Northern as the CN makes changes to the railroad. Job changes came first in March, and now power changes ... (more)

8099 leads NS 15T westbound by the Meadowview depot along the Pulaski district.

Spent the weekend in October fall colors. Traffic on Saturday was a little slow, but trains came in bunches on Sunday morning. I was surprised to see some of the older Dash 9s running around, incl... (more)

NS 15T, with the Southern heritage leading, comes to a stop at CP Washington in Glade Spring, VA.

The J, Right At Home. A pair of Elgin, Joliet & Eastern SD38-2's are tied down and crewless at Buffington Harbor, awaiting an L512 crew to take the train to the Illinois International Port... (more)

15T rolls by a stopped eastbound manifest in the siding in Glade Spring, VA.

BNSF 5523, 5358, & 6617 power an eastbound stack train on the Gallup subdivision.

NS 15T heads west through McMullin, VA with 8099 leading.

Norfolk Southern Helper N52 sits on the Rose Connector while a train of John Deere Tractors pass by enroute to Baltimore where they will be exported overseas.

NS 15T heads west through Seven Mile Ford with 8099 leading.

Metro-North's New Haven heritage unit pushing train 844 to Grand Central Terminal.

The light is fading across northern Maine as the last day of 2020 slips away. Darting across the East Outlet of Moosehead Lake is Canadian Pacific train 250. Running on the former Central Maine an... (more)