After the 260 and 261 meet has gone down here at Montpelier, the Ipsco Job finally gets their turn to head up the hill to Saab. This job comes out of Nahant Yard and makes a daily trip up to the h... (more)

The DP Power on an empty Fruitland coal train slams thru the west end of Cotter minutes from sunset. Cool to see old ex-Rock Island signals, with a pot signal, still in service here. The train is... (more)

The Clinton local came out at 7:30am and their 1st task was to grab some empties from ADM Ag Services along 2nd street. Here the job backs up towards their yard to begin other task for the day. By... (more)

A trio of trains meet briefly at Union Pacific's Hull Avenue Yard on the east side of Des Moines, Iowa. UP 2711 is slowly rolling south with a loaded ethanol train as it approaches the signals for... (more)

UP suffered a major derailment on their Mason City Sub at Hampton, IA on Labor Day. While clean up takes place the Iowa Northern has taken a bunch of southbound detours from Manly to Cedar Rapids... (more)

Someday the plan is for the UP to replace this 1907 bridge across the Mississippi River with a fixed high level bridge. The new bridge will clear the 100 year foot plain by 44 feet and will widen ... (more)

A Blue Island to Fort Madison vehicle train works into Fort Madison and soon the yard. The train pass the historical Fort Madison. This Fort was in service from 1808-13. Fort Madison was targeted ... (more)

The endless parade of containers on the BNSF Transcon never end. Here a Chicago interchange bound stacker slowly pulls out of the yard at Fort Madison. The train passes the restored ex-Santa depot... (more)

A Chicago bound coal train works east on the Creston Sub. The train rolls out of McPherson and onto a short 4.2 mile section of single track before Red Oak. The Creston has alot of double and sing... (more)

The BNSF still operates about 100 miles of ex-MILW mainline in western Iowa. Bayard Local LHLA609 works 5 days a week out to Bayard doing local work. Here the job slowly heads back to Council Bluf... (more)

The BNSF still operates about 100 miles of ex-MILW mainline in western Iowa. Bayard Local LHLA609 works 5 days a week out to Bayard doing local work. Here the job slowly heads back to Council Bluf... (more)

A Portage, WI, to Clinton, IA, empty coal train rounds the curve near Kains on the CP Marquette Sub. The train will interchange back to the UP at Clinton for a trip to Wyoming to reload. Been rumo... (more)

Back in the IC&E days a northbound freight rumbles across the Turkey River at Turkey River. This location is on a bluff that has access, but I have heard sometimes snakes can be a bother up here. ... (more)

July 2006 find a trio of IC&E SD40's rolling thru the south end of Rutledge. The train will drop downgrade into Ottumwa starting from here. The CP take over wouldn't be til 2008, so this is still ... (more)

The B38 local from Mason City to Savanna is back into Iowa after crossing the Mississippi River at Sabula. This job comes out of Dubuque as B38, setouts and pickups at Savanna, and rolls back to D... (more)