A Q-train bound for LA, is about to stop at Fort Madison for a crew change. The train skirts the near banks of the Mississippi River the 1st couple miles into Iowa. For a fast built railroad, the ... (more)

The area around Fort Madison offers alot of neat things to shoot from the ground and air. The Chillicothe Sub takes off from the BNSF depot and runs along the Mississippi River for a few miles bef... (more)

Hot shot from San Bernardino to Willow Springs blast across Ellison Creek on this 741 foot long bridge that was rebuilt in 2018, replacing the original one built in 1910. The new bridge doesn't ha... (more)

Westbound Z-train from Willow Springs, IL, to Alliance, TX, is crossing the massive Mississippi River Bridge at Fort Madison. The train is also crossing into the state of Iowa from Illinois. In ab... (more)

As the country shuts down more and more due to the Corona Virus, people have to find something to do with their time of isolation. This couple is spending a beautiful Sunday fishing along the Miss... (more)

A Logistic Park stack train rolls into Fort Madison for a crew change. Here the stacker has just crossed the Mississippi River and crossed from Illinois into Iowa. In a couple miles this Chicago c... (more)

A Los Angeles to North Baltimore, OH, stack train rumbles across the new Media Bridge. This 741 foot long bridge that was replaced in 2018, replacing the one built in 1910. The new bridge doesn't ... (more)

A San Bernardino bound Q-train roll across the 741 foot long Media bridge. The bridge was replaced in 2018, replacing the one built in 1910. The new bridge doesn't have as cool of look as the old ... (more)

The BNSF put together some dog breakfast power consists today on the Transcon. Here is one of them on a Galesburg to KC manifest train. The train rumbles west over this 741 foot long bridge that w... (more)

The area around Fort Madison offers alot of neat things to shoot from the ground and air. The Chillicothe Sub takes off from the BNSF depot and runs along the Mississippi River for a few miles bef... (more)

A Blue Island, IL, to Wellington, KS, vehicle train rolls pass the Old Fort in Fort Madison on the Chillicothe Sub. In about a mile this crew out of Chicago will hand the train over to a crew boun... (more)

Wished I had appreciated the baby boats on the Santa Fe mainline trains alittle more. Little geeps and baby GE's were common power for the secondary trains at the end of the Santa Fe in the mid-90... (more)

This Streator to Barstow freight train is passing MP 169 on the Chillicothe Sub. MP 168 is located between Williamsfield and Yost. The train is headed up by a bunch of yellow and blues along with ... (more)

It's a hot and humid August evening, and BNSF L-CHI105 is back at it again racing towards Joliet and beyond. This day, the train had a former Burlington Northern GP50 up front with a crazy Leslie ... (more)

Back in June the mighty Mississippi River was raging out of its banks. In Fort Madison the BNSF worked hard to keep the Transcon and the depot open. The employee parking lot was moved to the north... (more)