The quaintness of a late summer's eve is temporarily interrupted by the unmistakable roar of EMD 645s as two six-axle BNSF deuces wearing paint from the company's original public image climb up a ... (more)

*No Drone Required* The wide breadth of the adjacent Mississippi River makes BNSF's H NTWGAL9 06A look rather small as the 82-car train of mixed freight from Minneapolis-Northtown coasts downgr... (more)

Following a meet with its westbound counterpart at Cotter, CP freight #475, moving tonnage between Kansas City and St. Paul-Pigs Eye, rolls east into Fredonia, IA above the confluence of the Iowa ... (more)

Signaling the end to another long summer day, the sun, diving towards the horizon, finds a small sliver of open skies allowing its golden glow to shine upon local L CHI1051 10A hustling 58 cars of... (more)

Doing its best to evade the morning's rain showers, Kansas City to St. Paul-Pigs Eye tonnage on northbound Canadian Pacific mixed merchandise train 475 slowly trundles upgrade out of the Iowa Rive... (more)

With its work complete at there southern most customer, UP local LSB54 20, and a more than enthusiastic conductor, waste no time returning back the way they came seen here rolling north beneath th... (more)

The rising sun has just crested above the treetops soaking this wintery scene in a yellow glow as Northshore Mining's daily 0600 job with three of their 50+ year old ex-CN grey SD40s powering 80 l... (more)

Quickly following an all day hide and seek battle with the clouds for sky superiority, the sun, finding clear skies to the horizon, ultimately prevails and to the victor goes the spoils. Its prize... (more)

Yates City, population just shy of 660, hardly classifies as a city at all but its quaint, small-town charm is temporary interrupted by the noisy passage of BNSF freight M PEIGAL1 27A on the light... (more)

Looking rather out of place for class 1 mainline railroading in 2020 is BNSF 2740; Product of April 1963, this then GP30, now GP39E classified, looks just like it did fresh off the builders line o... (more)

Long and heavy, UP MCBCH 13 finds itself bringing up the rear in a parade of morning eastbounds with Council Bluffs, IA to Chicago-Clearing (BRC) mixed tonnage seen here cutting in half the old C&... (more)

Riding rails once belonging to former pre-merger rival Santa Fe, the cascade green and white colors of fallen flag giant Burlington Northern in the form of "Whiteface" SD40-2 #1706 make an appeara... (more)

Train built and air-test finally complete, Iowa Interstate's PESI 04 road freight takes the signal to depart off TZPR's West Lead yard track as it slow rolls at 10 mph across the Illinois River li... (more)

Iowa Interstate's PESI 25 road freight takes a slow, 10 mph stroll north through downtown Peoria as it creeps beside Water Street past the many repurposed brick buildings of the city's old Warehou... (more)

Adding a little variety in color, leased and pooled locomotives join forces to power F CP3821 16C (CP #382) back from the western plaines loaded with over 13,000 tons of grain divided amongst 102 ... (more)