The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train rumbles downgrade into the Wapsipinicon River Valley at Independence. The train left Waterloo 18 mile back with a decent pair of CN units. Getting se... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train has just topped the grade at MP 234. The train is working east on the Dubuque Sub, 42 miles east of Waterloo. A dead deer along the tracks has the at... (more)

The daily Waterloo Yard to Kirk Yard manifest train has a couple SD75's today for the short 4700 foot train. The train crosses the 32 feet high/321 feet long wood bridge over Buffalo Creek east of... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train rolls thru Raymond and across Poyner Creek. Few weeks back to CN began work on replacing this wooden bridge. Work has been slowed with the cold snap,... (more)

K652 heads south at CP 117 after waiting for a crew in Selkirk for almost 4 days. A nice consist on this one, CN/GECX.

CN SD75I 5744 leads Calgary-Vancouver train Q147 downhill towards Hinton.

I asked 338's crew what the drifts look like east of Waterloo after the last winter storm. They said around Beth there were some small ones. With bitterly cold weather, drifted in roads, and near... (more)

I asked 338's crew yesterday what the drifts look like east of Waterloo. They said around Beth there was some small ones. I headed out today in the bitterly cold to shoot 338 blasting the drifts a... (more)

CN 5744 & CN 2606 lead CN 324 towards MP 3 of the Montreal Sub.

CN 5744 is the lead unit on CN 310 as it passes through Coteau.

After having mechanical issue's with the 5744 leaving Armstrong, CN 314 would back into the yard and reduce 82 cars, and swap around the power before leaving.

CN 5744 and 2125 head east on the CP east of Lytton, BC near the Kumsheen Resort and Skihist Provincial Park. The CP side of the Thompson River is quite different than the CN which hugs the side o... (more)

Canadian National #5744 curves through downtown Johnson City, TN on this last day of January 2014. Special thanks to RP.net contributor Samuel Phillips for keeping me updated on the progress of t... (more)

A rather faded CN SD75I leads nine other units on westbound manifest 37Q seen passing the automatic signal just outside Mt. Holly Springs. In consist on the train is a CN SD70M-2 and a CEFX AC44.

There's plenty to look at in the Bristol Yard as 37Q rolls in with a Canadian National leader, a caboose used by the local sits on track 5, and a work train idles on track 7 with a smoky GP38-2.