CN came up with an old odd ball leader for an empty Alden, IA, bound grain empty. The CN 5317 stood proud today leading a couple NS units on a nice sunny Saturday. Here the train took a small paus... (more)
The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train has just topped the grade at MP 234. The train is working east on the Dubuque Sub, 42 miles east of Waterloo. A dead deer along the tracks has the at... (more)
A Waterloo to Cedar Rapids grain train drops downgrade into Manchester. The engineer begins to set up his train to stop in about 2 miles for the south siding switch at the west end. There the crew... (more)
Snow has been hard to come by so far this winter. So with a snow storm overnight and a rare 3 westbounds out of Dubuque morning, we setout for the morning to do some Dubuque Sub action. An empty g... (more)
Loaded ethanol train out of western Iowa is hammering up the grade into the old station of Beth. Beth Siding was once a 7200 foot siding on the CN Dubuque Sub, but was removed in 2018 due to maint... (more)
U708 stair steps out of Masonville on the Dubuque Sub. This loaded ethanol train is working east from Waterloo towards next crew change at Dubuque. The area east of Masonville is not for the faint... (more)
Well this morning was a classic example how working for the railroad and taking pictures are at the complete ends of the spectrum for me. After spending 10 hours all night on this M337 from Chicag... (more)
A SD75I and a ES44DC power this 4,000 foot Fulton, KY to Waterloo, IA grain empty west out of Manchester. These trains runs pretty much daily to move grain empties and manifest out of the Gulf to ... (more)
M338 is begining to slow up to meet a U703 that is sitting on the main at Manchester. Moderate snows are falling as the 7000 foot train begins the downhill decend into West Manchester. This train ... (more)
An East Dubuque, ILL to Sioux City, IA empty coal train is climbing out of Manchester. This empty came out of the IEI Barge Terminal near East Dubuque and is heading back to the BNSF at Sioux City... (more)
IC 6059 and 6070 pass MP 233 west of Manchester. Rumor circulating is that when CN gets their new power towards the end 2007 the IC 6000's maybe on the retirement list? So pure black consists like... (more)
Working their way out of Manchester, G843 has 50mph in hand as they head towards the destination of Waterloo with 110 empty grain cars from the South.
Ex-MILW same numbers: GP9's rebuilt to 2000 hp and classified as GP20
