An extra local from Waterloo to Dubuque begins the job of picking up grain at the Independence elevator. The The city of Independence has a decent railroad display on the northside of town. Th... (more)

An extra local from Waterloo to Dubuque begins the job of picking up grain at the Independence elevator. The Independence elevator is kind of an odd customer for the CN because it has no schedule ... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train drifts downgrade into the Winthrop Curve area. The engineer has the units in heavy dynamics as they cross Pine Creek. Grades are pretty tough thru th... (more)

With winter in full force in 2020, Iowa doesn't see alot of the newer AC locomotives. That stuff tends to stay on the busier mainlines for the AC/DP needs. This AC did make it out here to Iowa on ... (more)

A loaded grain train out of western Iowa dip thru the big hogback on the CN Dubuque Sub. The train is working between Jesup and Independence as they make their way back to East Dubuque and interch... (more)

These 2x2x2 unusual coal trains on the BNSF are a product of where the trains must go. These trains go to the CP at Ottumwa and on the CP they must transverse the 1.8% Rutledge Hill to get out of ... (more)

A loaded coal train works east on the Creston Sub in southwestern Iowa. The train crosses the Nodaway River just west of Nodaway. The train is bound for unloading Joppa, IL, for Electric Energy. T... (more)

A loaded coal train works east on the Creston Sub in southern Iowa. Here the train passes the sleepy town of Nodaway. The train has just crossed a few Nodaway type rivers. Creston is the next crew... (more)

The Creston Sub is about to resume traffic movements after the shutdown for Amtrak #6. The railroad doesn't have alot of hot traffic but a few times a day the railroad will try and take a short br... (more)

An empty coal train rolls thru the east end of double track at Cullom, CP13.9. The train is currently working west towards Lincoln from Creston on the BNSF Creston Sub. At Cullom there is a 6 mile... (more)

The depot at Glenwood is one I haven't been able to ever do well. This trip I found that there is alot of garbage around the depot and wires for the drone. So this is about the best I could do wit... (more)

An eastbound coal train begins the climb out of the East Nishnabotna River Valley as they pass this restored ex-CB&Q depot here in Red Oak. Built in 1903, the BN was going to demolish this depot ... (more)

With no plans relayed to the crew or the dispatcher, this Herzog rock train is somehow in place to dump rock west on the Creston Sub. This train came east out of Pacific Jct in a 1x1 DP setup with... (more)

A loaded rail train bound for the CSXT in Chicago, climbs the grade east of Red Oak on the BNSF Creston Sub. The train is bound for the Lake States Railroad in Michigan, and came out of Minnequa, ... (more)

A 2x1 loaded coal train is just about stopped to wait for MofW to get in the clear at Montrose on the K-Line. This train came off the Ottumwa Sub at Burlington and is working down the Hannibal Sub... (more)