Only 27 years ago?? CP 5831 leads a southbound (timetable east) freight thru Oak Creek, WI on a beautiful Fall day in October of 1998. The train is on the ex-MILW C&M Sub. This was one of my last ... (more)

Our 1st CPKC in the new paint scheme was leading this 181. Here the train has a new crew onboard at Ottumwa and begins to climb the Rutledge Hill.

We work the CPKC KC Sub up from Braymer today on our way home. The traffic south of Ottumwa was decent today. 576, 180, 181, 260, 252, 356, and another NB, all during the daylight hours. Here, 252... (more)

A heavy 252 crawls along on the KC Sub south of Ottumwa. This SD70 isn't getting much help from the KCS Geep tagging along, but she's giving her all. The train is only a couple of miles from Sewal... (more)

When the CP's Kansas City Sub gets past Moravia, the railroad really starts to become desolate as it twists and turns through the southern Iowa and northern Missouri countryside. Getting to places... (more)

The CP's Kansas City Sub crosses over three trestles spanning the rolling hills of southeastern Monroe County. Two of the trestles are located at a point known as Foster, a few miles east of Morav... (more)

We were pretty excited to luck into this slot train at Edmore. The train pulled into the siding to dump the last 15 cars and meet an 853 train. The train had dumped rock at 2am at Brownville this ... (more)

We were pretty excited to luck into this slot train at Edmore. The train pulled into the siding to dump the last 15 cars and meet an 853 train. The train had dumped rock at 2am at Brownville this ... (more)

CP 8933 leads an auto train out of Bensenville Yard in Franklin Park.

On the overcast morning of Saturday, November 1, 2025, a northbound empty grain train from Seattle makes its way through Spokane Valley, WA at the Trentwood siding as it heads back to Eastport, ID... (more)

A nice change from the usual BNSF orange, CP 8060 leads a freight train through downtown Downers Grove on a beautiful fall afternoon.

Canadian Pacific's Hapag-Lloyd unit leads Southbound ethanol loads down Cumberland Mountain at Tantallon. The units bright orange paint compliments the Autumn scenery well.

A pair of Canadian Pacific SD40-2's lead CSX Q241 south towards Osborn yard in Louisville.

The exciting M526 hand off train from CPKC to CSX continues to show off foreign power in the form or either CP or KCS locomotives. Today M526 has a CP leader as it's about to pass the XXB 78 mile... (more)

Some sweet light shines down on the Royal Canadian business train as it makes its way through downtown Davenport. The Government Bridge is in the distance, occupied by an Iowa Interstate freight t... (more)