338 makes the daily trek towards Kirk Yard with morning departure out of Waterloo. Here the train passes over Prairie Creek just outside of Masonville, about 40 mile east of Waterloo. Not alot of ... (more)

With winter in full force, 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 X337 and... (more)

With winter in full force, 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 X337 and... (more)

With winter in full force, 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 X337 and... (more)

Loaded ethanol train off the Iowa Northern at Waterloo works east on the Dubuque Sub. Here the train tops the grade thru the old station at Beth. This old wooden overpass on the Dubuque Sub has be... (more)

A loaded grain train from western Iowa crosses Buffalo Creek just east of Winthrop. This is one of the few larger wood bridges left on the CN in Iowa. The train is working east on the Dubuque Sub ... (more)

Loaded DDG grain train probably from the IAIS at Silvis, bound for Eagle Pass, TX, drop downgrade pass MP 336 on the Marceline Sub. The train ducks under one of the few remaining signal bridges le... (more)

Hotshot Willow Springs to San Bernardino Z rolls hard towards KC on the Marceline Sub. Here the train passes one of the few remaining ex-Santa Fe signal bridges left on the Marceline near Floyd at... (more)

The Santa Fe built into Marceline around 1887. Marceline, came at the request of a director of the new railway whose wife had the Spanish name of “Marcelina.” This depot was built in 1913, and... (more)

The coaling tower at Marceline still stands the test of time. I didn't find a build date for this tower, but did find that the round cement part was used to hold sand. Cars of sand or coal would b... (more)

A baretable train from Phoenix to Logistics Park is passing the ex-Santa Fe depot in Carrollton on the Marceline Sub. Even though the train has a "B" symbol, the train really madeup of a... (more)

The bridge at Sibley on the BNSF Marceline is an impressive bridge from the air. This 4100 foot and 90 feet high bridge over the Missouri River was built in 1915. It is one of the few places were... (more)

The bridge at Sibley on the BNSF Marceline Sub is an impressive bridge from the air. This 4100 foot and 90 feet high bridge over the Missouri River was built in 1915. It is one of the few places w... (more)

This meet is a good demonstration of how the CN was in Iowa in early 2019. CN struggled with the winter months and increased business. That has meant the CN was way short power across their system... (more)

Traffic was light on the UP's Clinton Sub as we only seen 7 eastbounds between 12-5pm, and **NO** westbounds this day. The Council Bluffs to Proviso junker that has a bunch of power as they move e... (more)