CRANDIC's downtown bridge over the Cedar River ... what a mess this will be to replace, if they even try. However, hope springs. The entire downtown area was abuzz with people cleaning up today.... (more)

AT&SF 2913 is fortunate to have a relatively high spot to sit in Ft. Madison Riverview Park. It's wading, but appeared to be free of real damage. After sunrise on the second longest day of the yea... (more)

Mid-economic-downturn, a line of about 34 of GEC Alstom's SD40-3s wait for something to do. Also, one of BRC's cabooses sits by ... but it will probably find work later today.

NS 5412 backs over Dolton Crossing with a set of bottle cars.

A mix of power at the east end of CP's yard, ready for the morning's movements. Notice the string of 3 SP/SSW liveried locomotives at top. I count 8 distinct schemes (if you don't count UP's flag ... (more)

Amtrak #7, the westbound Empire Builder passes eastbound Train #8 (heading away) west of Havre, MT. Both trains are on time.

With its intermediate goal of downtown Denver visible in the distant haze, a CSDU train bound for Colorado Springs winds down the Big 10 Curves and on to Rocky Siding.

If Indiana Harbor Belt opened passenger service ... it might look like this. On the Monday after National Train Day, Amtrak's staging yard sees various leftover exhibit pieces that have not yet b... (more)

Chicago Terminal Railroad #900 finally breaks through the crazy truck/dozer/crane/etc traffic on a busy Friday at General Iron Industries in Lincoln Park, Chicago. In 2011, Chicago Terminal Railro... (more)

New yard locomotives ... well, really not so new. These are 2000 horsepower MPI/EMD MP20GPs delivered to UP in 2006. They were converted from ex-retired, former Missouri Pacific GP50s 3502/... (more)

Two years ago today (June 12th), the swollen Cedar River took down CRANDIC's downtown bridge and several of their hopper cars. Here, ten days later, the river is still high, and the damage is mor... (more)

Ahhh ... I'd been waiting a long time for something like this to happen. Amtrak Train 5, the summer Ski Train, and a UP Business Train on tracks 1, 3, and 4. Too bad Amtrak 6 wasn't 13 hours lat... (more)

Barstow Yard and Mojave Junction from 18,000 feet or so.

Newly delivered in the hazy sulphur light of a late summer day, GE C44-9Ws 769/770 sit on a service track at Corwith Yard. These were among the first Warbonnets to be delivered in the BNSF letter... (more)

Milwaukee E8 sits alongside the old Milwaukee Road depot in Madison.