I was attending a summer school workshop at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA back in June of 1994. As with many of my pre-internet trip, I arrived with zero knowledge of what the local rail... (more)

Iowa Interstate EMD GP38-2 No. 708 and EMD SD38-2 No. 153 momentarily sit idle at Atlantic, Iowa, on April 6, 2016.

A Railserve crew at the operation in Eddyville, Iowa switches out the yard on the south side of the industrial complex with a pair of LTEX GP's on a dreary December morning. Now a stub end yard, t... (more)

CNW 6905 rolls thru Watkins, IA in May of 1987. Watkins still has a Post Office, but it has moved to a more modern building not visible trackside.

A pair of SD70ACe's lead a loaded coal train east outside of Avery, Iowa in the first minutes of morning sun, meeting a westbound empty coal train here at the Eddyville Spur connection.

2 repaint EMDs hide out the small snow storm on the North end of Nahant. 6043 and 4420 would be used for RCL job after the snow passed.

The "UP Donation Special" crosses the Cedar River at Moscow, IA. Seen here are engines UP 3985, UP 5511, UP 6936. The entire consist is headed for RRHMA's shops in Silvis, IL.

Iowa Interstate train CBBI passing the Grinnell Station on the former Rock Island crossing over the UP Oskaloosa Sub (former Minneapolis & St Louis line)

As the last interurban, Iowa Traction's operations are completely unique. Here, #51 crosses 19th Street to take four cars up to the CP interchange. On the back of the engine, the conductor is pull... (more)

Iowa Traction #51 sits under a starry Iowa sky, illuminated by the lights of the AGP Mason City plant. The steam and exhaust from the plant is streaking in the background in this eight second expo... (more)

an Eastbound coal load snakes through Burlington Iowa approaching the Mississippi River bridge on a wet rainy June day

The 2022 CP Holiday Train rides the shore of the Mississippi River during last light arriving into the Quad Cities.

Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train rolls across the swing bridge spanning the Mississippi River at Sabula, IA, having just completed its stop in Savanna and now on its way to the next show in Davenp... (more)

Running a half hour late, the 2022 CP Holiday train heads through the small community of Buffalo, IA along the Mississippi River.

The 2022 CP Holiday Train crosses the narrow ridge splitting Lake Sabula, heading out of the small community, or nicknamed “Island town” of Sabula, Iowa. In the background is the Mississippi R... (more)