Between Portage and East Dubuque, the line was built by the Illinois Central back in 1865. The CB&Q acquired trackage rights in 1889. There are some conflicting reports who was there 1st and dates... (more)

M338 is departing Dubuque bound for Hawthorne. The train is crossing the Mississippi River and into Illinois. The train also crosses the BNSF Aurora Sub, then goes into a short tunnel, before comi... (more)

IC 8414 exits the tunnel in East Dubuque, IL in November of 1997. This tunnel is unusual in that it makes a hard 90 degree turn after the trains cross the Mississippi River and the Burlington Nort... (more)

One could tell the BNSF merger has happened, and also the fair share of SD70MAC's were more and more on the property. Seeing C30-7's on the Northern Trascon was fairly uncommon for many years. The... (more)

Westbound intermodal train has a pair of brand new H-1 Dash 9's for power. The train is about to crossover to main #1 at East Cabin in East Dubuque. The train is operating on the Aurora Sub betwee... (more)

Eastbound taconite train bound for Granite City, IL, passes thru East Dubuque on the BN Aurora Sub. 2 SD60's of some type and a kicker were pretty standard power for these trains til BNSF got into... (more)

Run thru Soo/CP power is seen here on a loaded potash train as it makes it way east on the BN. The train is about to pass thru East Dubuque as it makes it way from LaCrosse east. Was somewhat comm... (more)

Hard to believe that 19 years ago these dash 9's were 1st being delivered. Here train #11 has 2 maiden voyage H1 dash 9's for the trip west out of Chicago. The train is seen here passing thru East... (more)

Eastbound St. Paul, MN, to Chicago, IL, Q-train is about to cross the CN Dubuque Sub at East Dubuque. Trailing today's train is kind of an odd ball ex-Santa Fe SD75. Haven't seen alot of them out ... (more)

Burlington Northern “Expediter” intermodal No. 41 is about to clatter across the Chicago Central diamonds at East Dubuque, Illinois, on March 10, 1991. This very unique track arrangement is at... (more)

When the Canadian National bought the Ski-Train, it was delivered to the CN at Omaha. The CN handled the train east across the Iowa Division as a separate move, seen here exiting the tunnel at Ea... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern freight passes through Budd near East Dubuque, Illinois, on the afternoon of August 21, 1994. Cascade green EMD GP38-2 No. 2107 leads newer GP39-2 No. 2737, on a tr... (more)

CN grain extra G884 peaks through the east portal at East Dubuque with 1 of 10 SOO SD60s remaining.

CN train M338, Waterloo, IA to Gary, IN (Kirk Yard), crawls through the tunnel at East Dubuque with Penn Central heritage up front and the Pennsy heritage unit stuck in the middle of the 11,500ft ... (more)

Chicago Central & Pacific train No. 51 meets an eastbound Burlington Northern freight at East Dubuque, Illinois, on October 23, 1993. Powering the westbound CC&P train are EMD GP38 Nos. 2009 and 2... (more)