I believe I was the one that parked this train out here east of Rudd? If I remember we bought the train down from Austin. Normally we leave it on the IANR, but this day we had to get it off the Io... (more)

This 579 has begin trying to get from Marquette to Mason City for the past 48 hours. Due to the last winter storm this power has helped 2 eastbounds up hills and out of snow drifts, plus 579 has b... (more)

Heading east towards sunset, this Huron, SD to Chicago Clearing, IL manifest train has just departed Nora Springs, IA about 5 miles back. This train still has 290 miles to go on home rail before i... (more)

This Huron, SD to Chicago Clearing, IL manifest train is running about 12 hours late on the normal schedule today. The train has just left Nora Springs, IA about 10 miles ago. The standard 4 SD40-... (more)

Mason City, IA to Marquette, IA manifest/local makes its way east at 25mph. This train does all the local work between Mason and Marquette.