Due to flooding on the Missouri River, KCS grain trains have been detouring over the Iowa Interstate tracks. Eastbound 4684 passed through Marengo, Iowa at sunset.
The nose on freshly painted KCS Belle SD70M 3913 is illuminated by the late afternoon as it leads a detouring grain train on Iowa Interstate tracks at Marengo, Iowa. The KCS has been detouring gra... (more)
Truly a family portrait! Its not often you get a chance to photograph a train with a class of every locomotive in the roster at once. SD38-2 156 leads a west bound with a GP38-2, a GEVO, another G... (more)
After finishing their switching chores in Marengo, the crew in Rock Island heritage GEVO 513 powers up the CBBI picking up speed as it heads towards Iowa City.
The Blue Island, IL, to Council Bluffs, IA, manifest train is a decent size today with its 91 cars for the west and 3 units. The crew just picked 33 empties at Yocum Connection that came out of Ce... (more)
The Rock Island Heritage Unit leads the BICB through the small community of Marengo, IA.
Iowa's Governor Chet Culver rides the Iowa Interstate on a whistle stop tour in his bid for re-election.
BNSF 5788 takes up the rear of an eastbound coal train detouring on Iowa Interstate tracks as it pushes through Marengo.
GEVO 512 has control of the BICB as it crosses a creek east of Marengo. GEVO 506 and GP38-2 trail.
GEVO 501 leads the CBBI through Marengo on the first full day of autumn.
The BICB rolls through Marengo on a beautiful afternoon with 513 in the lead and an assembly of photographers present.
A cool picture for a hot summer day! GEVO 513 has led the CBBI through some deep snow on this day.
The BICB runs up the siding at Marengo preparing to set out two loads of telephone poles on the north track.
The westbound BICB waits on the siding for the eastbound to clear the main.
#513 gets a break between drifts as it's snow packed face leads the East train through Marengo.