Spent a beautiful morning along the Marceline Sub at the Des Moines River Bridge back in October. I know it's the Transcon, but we had a blast enjoying the nice October day. Surprisingly, the BNSF... (more)

Amtrak #4 makes their way into Iowa as they cross the Des Moines River. The Chief has less than 20 miles to the next stop at Ft. Madison, and is making good time from LA with nearly on-time schedu... (more)

Much to the surprise of us, this tank train out of Williams, OK, had some coal train power on it. It's kind of rare for these parts on the Transcon. Here, the train crosses the Des Moines River on... (more)

A Northtown-Kick (KC) drops downgrade into the Des Moines River Valley on the Marceline Sub. The train is about a mile from crossing into Missouri from Iowa, and crossed the last crossing in Iowa ... (more)

An eastbound Oakland to Logistic Park stack train eases up to Belfast Rd west of Argyle. Fort Madison is in the normal congestion mode so the dispatcher is holding trains at Argyle for room. I... (more)

Amtrak is like alot of businesses in America right now struggling to keep going. The evidence is seen here as the Southwest Chief has a tiny 5 cars train on their trek from LA to Chicago. Here the... (more)

One of the hottest Santa Fe trains was train #991 out of Richmond. Here 4 Superfleets began to give it gas as they climb out of the Des Moines River Valley towards Argyle. This train has just cros... (more)

A City of Industry, CA to IMX yard in Chicago, IL intermodel train has just crossed the Des Moines River Bridge. The SP had trackage rights over the Santa Fe from Kansas City, MO to Chicago, IL, w... (more)