Westbound land barge Chicago to North Platte freight slowly roll across the central Iowa landscape on the UP Clinton Sub. This time of year the famers are hustling with activity trying to beat old... (more)

The view from this hill west of Blairstown shows off a local farmstead busy with the fall harvest activates. If you notice the corn by the tracks it is all leaning to the right. Powerful straight ... (more)

The hotshot bound for Brooklyn Yard near Portland, OR, is buzzing along making good time. Here the train rounds the curve near Luzerne working between Cedar Rapids and Marshalltown in central Iow... (more)

DP unit brings up the rear end of this grain empty bound for ADM in Cedar Rapids. Seen here near CP 108, few miles west of Blairstown in central Iowa.

An empty grain train bound for Cedar Rapids, IA, passes thru CP 108. The train is about 18 miles from its destination at Fairfax Yard outside of Cedar Rapids near CP 90. The train is seen here pas... (more)

A loaded coal train passes thru central Iowa farm country. The train is approaching CP 108 on the Clinton Sub, 108 miles from Clinton. This train was loaded at North Antelope Mine, WY, and is boun... (more)

On the long days of the summer, one can see a small parade of westbound Z-trains in the late afternoon leave Clinton. Here ZG1BR has just pass thru CPU 108, west of Blairstown. The train is 108 mi... (more)

On the long days of the summer, one can see a small parade of westbound Z-trains in the late afternoon leave Clinton. Here ZG1BR has just rounded up the ZG2LT just west of Blairstown, CPU 108. See... (more)

As the sun sets this eastbound coal train slams thru the control point at CPU 108, near Blairstown in central Iowa. This PRB coal train is bound for unloading at the Oak Creek, WI, plant for Wisco... (more)

Golden light is cast as the sun is about to set. A westbound UP freight train rolls west thru central Iowa which is pretty much the open farm country. Fields and farmsteads is about all you'll fin... (more)

It is harvest time in Iowa and farmers are hard at work in the fields as this westbound stack train rolls thru the countryside in central Iowa. This consist has something for everyone, CNW 8683, U... (more)

Rolling thru farmland country west of Blairstown, this loaded coal train is only 22 miles form Beverly Yard near Cedar Rapids, IA. The train has just climbed 2 decent grades east of Belle Plaine a... (more)