The daily train to Chicago out of Waterloo roars east of Raymond as they climb the 1st hard pull along this roller coaster railroad between Waterloo and Dubuque. All black was how the IC and then ... (more)

The Waterloo-Cedar Rapids-Dubuque local has a short train today as they heads towards Manchester and then south to Cedar Rapids. This job then will heads back north out of Cedar Rapids and on to D... (more)

With record high temperatures set during the day, and a cold front pushing thru towards evening, the storms sure packed a punch over Iowa by late evening. Here a storm reaches serve level East of ... (more)

An ethanol train out of Marcus, IA, bound for Chicago, IL, tops one of the many grades east of Waterloo on the Dubuque Sub. Little Sioux Corn Processing at Marcus just started shipping unit trains... (more)

M337 is blasting thru some small drifts east of Raymond on this cold windy winter day. M337 is only 6 miles from Waterloo Yard its destination. This train originated in MArkham Yard in Chicago, IL... (more)

A loaded ethanol train makes its way east towards Chicago on this early Wednesday morning. The train is working over all the hogbacks on the Dubuque Sub east of Waterloo. This train was loaded at ... (more)

M338 and M337 hosted 2 rare consists today in Iowa. These 1st 3 units brought M337 into Waterloo around 2pm, and now are serviced on outbound M338 at sunset. IC 6107, CN 5369, IC 1021 made for a n... (more)

2 SD40's and a SD70 work west on a 48 car M337 as they approach the eastside of Raymond. The train is only 10 miles from the destination of Waterloo. The head IC SD 40 is one of a few IC SD40's th... (more)

L563 is on the roll out of Waterloo as they hit their 1st major drift east of Raymond. This job ran out of Waterloo with 2 GP 38's and 7 cars. Their mission today is get all the work done on the D... (more)

Well people winter has finally arrived in Iowa. My 1st drift shot of the winter was today on the Dubuque Sub. M337 has 50 mph in hand as they hit some small drifts about 8 miles east of Waterloo. ... (more)

The Manchester turn rolls west between Raymond and Jesup with 15 cars and the 5522. This job was ran today to cleanup cars between Waterloo and Manchester since the only scheduled trains thru here... (more)

Sometimes the IEI coal trains would come off the BNSF with all the motors facing east. When this happens usually the empties would run to Manchester long-hood forward and turn a unit there. Howeve... (more)

Rolling along at 50 mph, this empty ethanol train is closing in on Waterloo. The train is passing over Dunkerton Rd. 3 miles east of Raymond. The head 37 cars will be setout and new power added fo... (more)

A system empty is getting close to Waterloo as they top Big Raymond hill east of Raymond. These 110 empties will be broken up and either head west on L571 or go north on the Cedar River (L575).

A small 337 is having no problem making 50mph over Big Raymond Hill east of Raymond. The train is only about 10 miles away from its destination of Waterloo.