An empty coal train has just left Creston with a fresh crew on board for the trip to Lincoln. The train getting up to speed as they make their way thru the hilly southern Iowa countryside. This is... (more)

A loaded coal train works upgrade towards Fairfield at sunrise. The train is currently working between Ottumwa and Burlington in Southern Iowa. This is the coal route out of Lincoln towards Galesb... (more)

An empty coal train rolls west towards Lincoln on southern Iowa coal route. The train is currently working between Burlington and Ottumwa as the dip thru the sag west of Lockridge.

East end of Ashby has an eastbound freight waiting on this empty coal train to clear. The Sand Hills Sub in mainly double track, but there are sections of single track too. This section of the San... (more)

Lucky for me this eastbound SP train had single containers at the right time so I was able to barley squeeze off a shot of this westbound freight train. This meet is going on in northern Missouri ... (more)

I made a trip in 2001 to shot the BNSF coal line east of Alliance. At this time mainly SD70MAC's were king of the region, but a few odd ball DC sets were mixed in. Here a loaded coal train has 3 D... (more)

Sometimes when I see some of the stuff the railroads did back in the 90's, I have to scratch my head. Here is one of those slides. Nothing says hotshot like a lone GP 35 on a intermodal train with... (more)

When I was fired from the IMRL for 15 days on rules violations, I decided to go on a whirl wind tour of the west for my 1st time. So I set out to see Colorado, Utah, and Montana back in 2000. I pa... (more)

A lone MAC brings up the rear end of this loaded coal train. The train is seen here working the grades between Red Oak and Stanton in southwestern Iowa. The train is still around 46 miles from Cre... (more)

An eastbound coal train snakes along the North Platte River in the desolate confines of Wendover Canyon between Wendover and Cassa. The train is working towards Guernsey off the Orin Sub. The Cany... (more)

An eastbound loaded taconite train is on the wrong main as they work out of LaCrosse towards Prairie du Chien. Here the train passes thru Genoa, about 20 miles of LaCrosse. This section of thew Au... (more)

The Wisconsin River Bridge used to be a favorite hangout of mine back in the days. The BN and now the BNSF were always good for a few trains westbounds during most afternoons. This bridge between ... (more)

Towards the end of the 90's, BNSF had been a merged company for about 4 years. The power lashups were mixed bag of everything. This hotshot has the end of an era, and beginning of the next era one... (more)

An eastbound coal train works east at sunset towards Galesburg. the train is currently between Ottumwa and Burlington in south-central Iowa. The SD70MAC's have an uncertain future. Early in 2017 o... (more)

A trio of BN Executive MAC's curve around the bluffs as they make their way south along the Mississippi River on the Aurora Sub. The train is working in the section from La Crosse to Savanna. Lynx... (more)