A land barge UP freight crosses over at Bertram on the UP Clinton Sub. The train is 76 miles from the next crew change point at Clinton, IA.
Dense fog has covered Iowa the pass few mornings. Today I went out and shot a few trains on the Clinton Sub. While the frost didn't stick as well as yesterday, this coal train still has a nice coa... (more)
Boy just don't see this kind of hammering much anymore on a class 1. This westbound Global 2 to Portland, OR, Z-train is racking up the mileage in short order. This guy has had green signals since... (more)
CN hadn't run anything on the Cedar Rapids Branch since 12/23. After a couple days of heavy wind and some snow from the last storm, the branch was drifted in pretty good in a few spots. An extra c... (more)
A rail train is done dumping rail north of Kains siding on the CP Marquette Sub. The job will setout the threader car on the Rugged Rock track next at MP 133. Plan "A", with warranties i... (more)
The Savanna, IL, to Mason City, IA, local is quite busy on the Marquette Sub tonight. At Dubuque, they did the interchange work with the CN before picking up over 70 cars setout by 475 the night b... (more)
While I probably should of done Lansing proper shot like most did, I decided to grab the train leaving town. Here the train curves around at MP 124 as they hugged the Mississippi River and cross V... (more)
Hard to figure out what to do here in Bellevue with the 100 other photographers. The CP business train wasted no time making the 76 miles trek from Marquette to Bellevue today in 2 hour 20 minutes... (more)
CNW 4540 is in Oelwein Shops in the process of getting a chopped nose, new plow, major mechanical overhaul and a new paint job. C&NW had an aggressive program of revitalizing its large stable of G... (more)
UP's Big Boy excursion train crosses the Cedar River minutes before arriving at its overnight stay in Beverly Yard.
A new addition to the Cresco city park is a Milwaukee Road FP7 locomotive, box car and caboose.
Amtrak 171 departs Burlington with the Westbound California Zephyr and passes one of the old warehouses in town.
BUGX 4324 in SP black widow colors sits along the BNSF mainline in Burlington.
NP must have had a lot of passenger service in the 50s. They sure had a lot of "torpedo boat" keeps. Photo by unknown, from my collection.
