UP 4014 over the Des Moines River in Boone Iowa on the 2024 Midwest Tour

The diesel passenger run poses briefly with the Chinese 2-8-2, which is slowly coming around, a process we got to witness firsthand in the cab. The "awakening" of a steamer is one of my... (more)

The Boone & Scenic Valley RR passenger train rolls over the Bass Point Creek High Bridge on the last return trip of the day from Boone , 8 miles North and back

UP Grain train, Westbound just before sunset, a lightning show was going on in the storm moving East in the background

After a crew change, UP 8175 is pulling eastbound out of the yard at Boone, Iowa.

Downtown Boone Charles City Western 50 is heading back towards the Boone & Scenic Valley depot after a brief stop at the old grain elevator near downtown Boone.

FP9 6540 rolls through Iowa cornfields on its way to Wolf with the lunch train out of Boone.

FP9 6540 is being prepared for the lunch train at Boone, Iowa, on the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad. Lots to see at the Boone station, including a number of former commuter cars and cabooses fr... (more)

Charles City Western 50 crosses Story Street in downtown Boone on its way to the 11th Street Freight Station. The depot is the former Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern station from Napier, Iowa. ... (more)

Former C&NW 1003 is passing through backyards in Boone as it takes headroom on the electrified trackage that links the B&SV's Boone Station to downtown.

Boone & Scenic Valley FP9 6540 waits to load passengers at Boone as former South Shore interurban 106 heads downtown over the tracks of the East End Traction Company.

Boone & Scenic Valley's C&NW-inspired FP9 (ex-Canadian National) is arriving in Boone after a trip to Wolf.

Boone & Scenic Valley GP9R 751 (on the left) was acquired last year in trade for an ex-Union Pacific tunnel motor. Built for Minneapolis & St. Louis and later serving on Wisconsin Southern, it's ... (more)

The peaceful stillness of the Des Moines River valley is shattered by the rumble of an eastbound manifest making its way over the high bridge.

UP 5344 leads an increasingly-rare loaded coal train eastbound over the new high bridge.