A Westbound Chicago to San Bernardino passes under the classic Santa Fe signal bridge at New Boston on the Marceline Sub. These signals were retired on October 1, 2019, and the bridge was removed ... (more)

End of an era...the ex-Santa Fe signals have finally fallen at the end of 2019.There was a few signal bridges along the Marceline Sub that missed the 1st couple rounds of signal upgrades for the P... (more)

These ex-Santa Fe signals fell at the end of 2019. PTC upgrades to the signal system spelled the end to all ATSF signals on the Marceline now. Here a Fort Madison to Pearland, TX, auto train strug... (more)

Westbound stacker from Logistics Park, IL, to Pearland, TX, struggles up the grade into New Boston. The train is working west towards KC on the Marceline Sub. The train passes under a skeleton sig... (more)

End of an era...the ex-Santa Fe signals have finally fallen at the end of 2019. There was a few signal bridges along the Marceline Sub that missed the 1st couple rounds of signal upgrades for the ... (more)

Santa Fe’s 301 train cruises through New Boston, Iowa, on the morning of June 17, 1990. The Kansas City to Chicago freight is powered by GE B23-7 No. 6384, EMD GP20 No. 3010, GE B23-7 No. 6402 a... (more)

A loaded sweet brand train out of Eddyville, IA, fights the .75-.80% grade into New Boston as they pass the approach signal for the Argyle crossovers in southern Iowa and pass under highway 218. H... (more)

I was told by an old-timer Santa Fe Engineer once that you could tell on the Marceline Sub when you were going up or down on the hills. The top of most grades were at an overpass, and the bottoms ... (more)

A westbound stack train passes under one of the few remaining Santa Fe signal bridges on the Marceline Sub.

A Logistic Park, IL, to Long Beach, CA, stack train works ups the .75-.80% grade into New Boston as they pass the approach signal for the Argyle crossovers in southern Iowa. An eastbound vehicle t... (more)

A premium train from Chicago,IL, to San Bernardino, CA, fly thru the short section of Iowa on the Transcon Main. The train is seen here passing thru the small town of New Boston fresh off a crew c... (more)

Westbound Z-train from Global 4, IL, to Tuscon, AR, blast under the signal bridge in the small southeastern town of New Boston. The BNSF Transcon Mainline skirts the far southeast part of Iowa for... (more)

Back in the Santa Fe days, most the intermediate signals were on bridges like this one along the Marceline Sub. With the changes and upgrades for the coming PTC, only a few intermediate bridges ar... (more)

At 5:02 p.m. on May 31, 1986, Santa Fe’s 321 train rumbles through New Boston, Iowa, with bright caboose No. 999268 trailing the eastbound freight.