A wall of snow is all that is seen as an extra L568 rolls along at 40mph as they drop down into Sulphur Springs. Heavy snow drifts are common place on the Cherokee Sub when weather get to be nasty... (more)

I was glad that the local crew in the yard seen we needed more power at the shops after we showed up. So on this Monday morning they brought over the 3 geeps on the right and parked them. That mad... (more)

Sometimes the shadow can be your friend. I like how the ground guy's shadow it prefect in on the ground and how the motorman is working on flipping the trolley pole for direction change in this sh... (more)

Caballo Jct., WY to Portage, WI coal train is working thru the sandhills about 20 miles west of Gillette, WY. The train is approaching the siding at Echeta. The train will pickup Sheridan helpers ... (more)

Westbound Z-train from Willow Springs, IL, to Alliance, TX, is crossing the massive Mississippi River Bridge at Fort Madison. The train is also crossing into the state of Iowa from Illinois. In ab... (more)

With heavy snow and strong winds on Tuesday night, the L567 local covered the CN 5455 on their Manchester turn. A clean unit was needed in Cedar Rapids today for the L563 local. So the crew cabbed... (more)

The entire coal train can be seen as they pass thru the crossovers at MP 300.1 east of Hyannis. This train is traveling from Jacob's Ranch Mine, WY, to St. Louis, MO, for American Commercial Barge... (more)

Well it has been over 8 years since the CN has any type of plow equipment in Iowa other than wedge plows to fight winter. Here the Jordan is nose plowing down the Omaha Sub working towards Ida Jct... (more)

The D&I's rock train is about to stop at the diamonds in downtown Sioux Falls as they past over the famous falls. The train is operating over the BNSF Madison Branch and will then operate over BNS... (more)

The Sioux City, IA, to Ft Dodge, IA, local is passing the light house on the east side of Storm Lake. The head 2 SD60F's are the only units working to pull this 97 car train. In about 20 miles thi... (more)

An empty grain train bound for Napoleon, ND, works west at 10 mph. The railroad between Wishek, ND, and Kulm, ND, is made up of small lakes and valleys, which the railroad curves and dips around. ... (more)

Ex-Rock Island track, old Rock Island depot, and a F40 painted in Rock Island, makes for a small trip back to the days. The Rock never had this type of equipment, but still cool for a small time r... (more)

The Garner Job is coming into Garner from Forest City and is about to pickup loaded grain at Garner Co-op and head east towards Greene. Here the job has just crossed the DM&E Sheldon Sub as the br... (more)

The south crew is down to a crawl as they climb out of the Cedar River near 42nd St in northern Cedar Rapids. Engineer Bob Helling is back try to keep the 1792 running to make it over the grade. T... (more)

The North Crew rolls slowly towards Waterloo with a potash train and regular freight all in one big train. Normally the potash trains come off the UP at Manly with the UP power running thru, and t... (more)