CP 7019 leading a 374 through Letts, IA in some snow flurries

A classic CN EMD SD40-2W and 2 NS motors leads a G889 grain train out of the Mississippi River Valley towards Waterloo, and eventually Alden, IA.

A southbound Iowa Northern Railway freight, led by EMD GP38-2 No. 3800, rolls through Greene, Iowa, on May 21, 2014.

10pm - Westbound BICB Iowa Interstate from South Amana to Newton Iowa - See here passing through the diamond UP/IAIS in Grinnell Iowa

With a GEVO and two GP's on the head end and another GEVO bringing up the rear, the Iowa Interstate's CBBI makes its way east over the Newton Subdivision and is about to pound the diamond with the... (more)

KCS and CP power has been well-mixed since the merger. Train K37 is a good example of that with one of each climbing out of the Mississippi River Valley on the way to Mason City. Late October ligh... (more)

A quartet of Canadian National locomotives lead manifest freight M388 eastbound as it crosses over Spring Creek and approaches Jesup, Iowa. This freight is starting its journey towards Gary, India... (more)

IC 3107, 6200, & GTW 4900 scurry past the landmark is the rather flashy, Rick's Auto Sales lot car-topped signage. Tonight, the IC 3107 leads the charge in front of the Cedar Rapids to Manchester,... (more)

UP 1412 pulls a cut out from the rather crooked spur and small yard for Clausen Companies. I've wanted to capture 62 Job (or whatever it's called nowadays) on the Clinton industrial lead. I'm not ... (more)

UP 6833 leading CPKC train 852 is seen in a double exposure heading through Lansing, IA.

CPKC train 261 is seen in a double exposure of heading north through Lansing, IA.

Former KCS 5021 , now CPKC , rolls along the Mississippi River in downtown Davenport Iowa. The downtown is lit up for the Christmas Holiday

UP 6833 leads a CPKC 852 coal train through New Albin, Iowa.

With a GEVO and two GP's on the head end and another GEVO bringing up the rear, the Iowa Interstate's CBBI has slowed to pass through a work zone along Route 6 outside of Ladora, Iowa. Crews are m... (more)

There is plenty of water around Marquette, as near record high flooding is making things difficult for CP. The CP is fighting back hard with many work trains and constant raising of track. North o... (more)