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)

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)

The St.Joe Sub is the line that runs from Lincoln, NE, to Kansas City, MO. This area between Rulo and Fortescue, MO, has been hit hard by the constant flooding of the Missouri River in 2019. Here ... (more)

An area I haven't ever done was the St. Joe Sub crossing the Missouri River near Rulo, NE. This area between Rulo and Fortescue, MO, has been hit hard by the constant flooding of the Missouri Rive... (more)

Eastbound Wilmar to KC freight train is about a mile into the state of Missouri. The train has just left Nebraska as they crossed the Missouri River at Rulo on the St. Joe Sub. Now the train will ... (more)

Cool old ex-CBQ searchlight signals still are active in many places along the south end of the St. Joe Sub. Here we have the Lincoln to Tulsa freight train pulling out of the Nodaway siding after ... (more)

A 2x2 stack train rolls north along the Mississippi River on the BNSF Aurora Sub in the morning light. The train curves around near the small river town of Victory along highway 35. The train is a... (more)

Family vacation up to my in-law's trailer near Harpers Ferry this week allowed for an unique shot or 2 from the boat. While fishing in the back waters I did get this westbound local heading back t... (more)

A loaded grain train rolls south on the Aurora Sub along the Mississippi River. This is working in a southerly direction between Ferryville and Lynxville as they pass over a back waters causeway.

The water wouldn't stay still the rest of the day, but for now the backwaters along the Mississippi River near Lock and Dam #9 reflect this westbound stacker. The Logistic Park to Tacoma stacks ma... (more)

The Northern Transcon for the BNSF usually sees 3 westbound Z-trains during the afternoon into the evening. Normally its the St, Paul, South Seattle, and Portland Z-trains that run about 2 hours a... (more)

The talk on the block was once the Iowa Interstate got their 3 new GEVO's on property the 4 SD38's were going to be stored. That is what ended up happening in late February 2020. Back in mid-Febru... (more)

The Waterloo night job is working interchange tracks with the Iowa Northern on the westside of Waterloo. The weather is being alittle crazy as storms are popping up and moving off. Then the sun wo... (more)

A loaded ethanol train out of western Iowa prepares for their decent into the Wapsipinicon River Valley at Independence. The train passes this nice acreage on the westside. CN has been doing a goo... (more)