Westbound Big Boy is on its way to an overnight stop at Cedar Rapids. The train is seen here passing the iconic elevator on the UP Clinton Sub at Clarence. This day the people and traffic would b... (more)

Some of my 1st trips by myself as a young lad was to the CNW East-West main thru Iowa back in 1993. This route has always been well known for the ATC signal territory. The ATC meant that only a CN... (more)

Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 leads it's train westbound through Clarence, Iowa.

Freight as far as the eye can see! This Proviso to Des Moines junker looks like they pulled everything out of Proviso they could find and headed west. The train lumbers along thru Clarence on the ... (more)

In late March major flooding went on with the Missouri River around Omaha and south, the BNSF Creston Sub is out of service. March 21st was the 1st day Amtrak's California Zephyr was scheduled to ... (more)

Been here over 50 times in my lifetime, but never from the air. Today's drone shot is the Global 2 to Lathrop, CA, westbound large barge Z-train. Here the train rolls past this classic icon elevat... (more)

After having some issues with the leads unit, 6033 starts to move again out of Clarence, Iowa.

Local car dealership has good way to get your attention along highway 30. Here a loaded coal train is about to pass thru the small town of Clarence on the UP's East-West main thru Iowa. This train... (more)

An auto train from the Indiana Harbor Belt at Gibson Yard, IL, to North Platte, NE, passes thru the small town of Clarence. The train is around 47 miles west of Clinton, and is running in 1x1 DP s... (more)

Before I go out I tried to see where the sun will set down the tracks to where I am going. That way if I get lucky enough to get a train in the last minutes of the day maybe I can get a sunset/ris... (more)

The Global 2, IL, to Lathrop, CA, Z-train is seen here passing thru the small town of Clarence along highway 30. Clarence is located about 46 miles west of Clinton in eastern Iowa.

GE AC No. 6817 roars past us on the tail of an eastbound coal load at Clarence, IA. Normal operation here on the ex-C&NW is left-hand running.

A loaded sand train out of Butler, WI, is heading west to a destination at Milliken, CO. The train is passing Clarence, about 46 miles west of Clinton. Along the tracks at Clarence is this car lot... (more)

The Proviso, IL, to Council Bluffs, IA, manifest passes the Land O Lakes elevator along highway 30. This train just left last crew change point at Clinton, IA, 46 miles back. The train is travelin... (more)

UP 1996 leads KG2LT past the Land O Lakes Feeds at Clarence, IA.