The Cedar River has taken on a new look late January. The CN changed the job to go to 1 crew with no company vehicle. The job now is working without a defined schedule and also times when all the ... (more)

Work continues on the Poyner Creek bridge in Raymond. In late December the CN began work on replacing this wooden bridge. The gang now has all the cement in around the pilings. This coming week th... (more)

Both of IAIS's Chinese QJ's are heading back to Newton after a weekend of flood relief special runs.

The Iowa Northern's Jordan Spreader works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. Past Fairbank the trains haven't been over the line since the last wind storm so they will be opening it up. Tod... (more)

UP 7460 leads a westbound Z over Hwy E66 between Luzerne and Belle Plaine, IA.

This Mississippi River Bridge was built in 1927 and it replaced the original combination roadway/single-track bridge that was completed in 1887. The bridge is owned by the BNSF and logs around 2,... (more)

The hot Global 2 to Salt Lake Z-train hammers down. Seems like this Z is getting hotter than the Z-BRB as the engineer has all 5 jacks in the left corner as they fly across a high Cedar River. Thi... (more)

Looks like the UP plans for a new bridge continue to move along. The plans for the UP to replace this 1907 bridge across the Mississippi River with a fixed high level bridge. Not sure where plans ... (more)

Westbound Brooklyn Yard, OR, Z-train pulls into Clinton for a crew change 2 miles ahead. The train is crossing the Mississippi River from Illinois into Iowa. New crew will travel clear across the ... (more)

Westbound Brooklyn Yard, OR, Z-train pulls into Clinton for a crew change 2 miles ahead. The train is crossing the Mississippi River from Illinois into Iowa. New crew will travel clear across the ... (more)

CN had high hopes that scenes like this in Iowa might be a common thing, but that won't be the case. KCS power had been coming to Iowa alot in later 2021. Here 338 sets out Cedar Rapids loading at... (more)

The daily Waterloo Yard to Kirk Yard manifest train has a couple SD75's today for the short 4700 foot train. The train crosses the 32 feet high/321 feet long wood bridge over Buffalo Creek east of... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train rolls thru Raymond and across Poyner Creek. Few weeks back to CN began work on replacing this wooden bridge. Work has been slowed with the cold snap,... (more)

The LNM34 heading across one of the many old bridges along the Oskaloosa Sub

Iowa Interstate ES44AC 503 brings up the rear DPU of a late running CBBI as it rolls across US Route 6 and heads into Newton, Iowa, which is typically where this train would get its crew. A hotbox... (more)