138 car M337 fights hard to keep track speed over the hogbacks of the Dubuque Sub. Strong northwest wind behind a early January snow storm is taking all the speed out of this daily Kirk Yard, IN, ... (more)

The daily Kirk Yard, IN, to Waterloo, IA, manifest train is about 20 miles from the destination at Waterloo. Here the engineer give some coals to the power as they climb out of the river valley we... (more)

A pair of NS units and the CN 5291 power M338 out of Waterloo to Kirk Yard, IN. Here the trains races east as the sun sets 18 miles east of Waterloo. The train si about to pass over the 257 detect... (more)

The daily Waterloo, IA, to Kirk Yard, IN, manifest train is only 18 miles into the trip out of Waterloo. Today's train has an unlikely leader due to CN's AC-DC power rule. When AC power is used in... (more)

The daily Kirk Yard to Waterloo manifest train is hammering down as the engineer trys to keep 50 mph out of the train as they work over the hills and sags of the Dubuque Sub. In 17 miles the crew ... (more)

Oh CN Power, where are you???? I am not too much of a fan of all this run thru power out in Iowa. Lately it has gotten bad like last winter where sets of CN power are hard to find. Here M337 works... (more)

With 149 cars of freight for Waterloo and points west and north, this M337 clicks off the last 20 miles before the end of the trip at Waterloo. One of CN's newer additions power the headend of thi... (more)

A short 5000 foot M338 rolls off east near sunset. The train departed Waterloo at 19:15, and 30 minutes later the train is 18 miles east of Waterloo. Here the train works thru the hogbacks between... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for unloading at East Dubuque, IL, is about 80 miles from destination as they roll east at sunset. Here the train has a good roll on them as gravity takes over on the 18,... (more)

The ADM shuttle grain train is eastbound bound for the ADM plant in Cedar Rapids, IA. This train has 76 cars of corn that was loaded at the elevator at Yetter, IA, on CN's Omaha Sub. Here the trai... (more)

The end of June was a stormy wet time for most of the state of Iowa. One of those nights the storms moved off to the east right at sunset to make this funky sunset light. The daily Waterloo, IA, t... (more)

A 7400 foot M338 rolls off east near sunset. The CN has been doing things alittle differently lately with M338. They started running 338 when it is ready at Waterloo, sometimes running very early.... (more)

M338 has an out time of 20:00 at Waterloo for the trip to Kirk Yard, IN. As the days get longer that departure time give some time for some sunset photos east of Waterloo. Today's M338 left at 19:... (more)

Winter is holding around alot longer than alot of people care for it too. A small snow squall drops heavy snow as this U704 rolls east on the Dubuque Sub towards Chicago to interchange with the CS... (more)

The daily Kirk Yard, IN, to Waterloo, IA, manifest train hammers west thru the sag west of Independence. This train is about 20 miles from Waterloo. M337's in the month of January have been runnin... (more)