After deboarding their train at Bryson City and cutting away, GSMR's excursion crew takes the power to tie up and finish their day. An ex-Frisco GP38-2 leads the way.

The Waterloo switcher is on its way across Waterloo from the CN yard to the IANR Bryant Yard with cars from the CN. The job will line cars and switch out at Bryant Yard before heading back to the ... (more)

The normal 8am Butler crew did their normal operations today by driving to Bryant Yard in Waterloo and running a train back to Butler. Here, the crew is just off the CN at Cedar Falls Jct. and rol... (more)

The flavor of oil, grime, dirt and diesels. Two GP38-2's await their next assignment.

With the official takeover date of March 1, 2025, I have been out trying to shoot the Iowa Northern as the CN makes changes to the railroad. Job changes came first in March, and now power changes ... (more)

With the official takeover date of March 1, 2025, I have been out trying to shoot the Iowa Northern as the CN makes changes to the railroad. Job changes came first in March, and now power changes ... (more)

Bridging the Father of Rivers. After waiting quite awhile for some water traffic to pass, this BNSF local finally starts moving across the bridge to the Illinois side to do some local work... (more)

With the days work done spotting cars at Beisser Lumber, IAIS 703 rests peacefully under a starlit sky near the end of the line at Grimes IA.

NS 5333 leads steel coils West out of Lakefront Yard.

The Butler Yard to Waterloo daily freight pulls into the CN yard at Waterloo to do interchange work. The crew passes the 2 EJ&E switch engines the CN normally has on hand for the local assignments... (more)

Norfolk Southern’s Altoona based local C52 arrives back into town after the sun has risen, typically this job does their work under the cover of darkness. They head west towards Johnstown and se... (more)

Croxton Arrival. Norfolk Southern Train H81 was returning to Croxton Yard when it passed by the former NJ Transit Harmon Cover Station platform on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 22, 2025 w... (more)

Outward Bound This IAIS local runs south through Moline with the Centennial Bridge and the Father of Rivers as a backdrop.

Aside from one short chase of them westbound a few years back, I've never really made much of an effort to find BNSF's Madison local on the Hanley Falls Subdivision. With a sunny Monday morning an... (more)

Photographer unknown. From my collection.