The two crewmen aboard a southbound #914 train lost their lives in this mishap. Although still under investigation, the train may have been routed off the main, through the BNSF's yard lead switch... (more)

171 running north along the Mississippi River at Lansing on its journey to St. Paul, MN.

A big surprise to me as I saw this blue beast leading a freight through Newport. Nice to see a pair of DME locomotives, especially the Mount Rushmore engine. The train looked great in the sweet ... (more)

What a treat! I was fortunate to catch some DME power out on the road in some of few remaining moments of daylight on a beautiful summer evening. Personal friend and fellow railfan Christopher M... (more)

A rare evening appearence for 171 on the CP River Subdivision.

The Kansas City, MO to St Paul, MN freight train crosses the Cedar River here at Columbus Junction. Columbus Junction is located about 15 miles west of Muscatine, IA. This train will meet it's cou... (more)

Train 171 rolls thru the small town of Linby as they make their way north towards Davenport. Today's train is a hefty 151 cars-8700 feet. This crew went to work at 3 am in Ottumwa and spent the 1s... (more)

ICE 6401 sits on the Dodge Center siding just east of town with its short 34 car load.

Crossing over the crick and under the old hiway 52 bridge that wont survive the summer,new one on the way.

A pair of DME SD40-2's work the yard at Savana, Illinois.

The daily Savanna-Mason City manifest rolls through Ft At in the last light of the day.

The power on a lengthy 270 crests the grade at Jackson Junction without incident, as the sun is completely below the horizon on a brisk late winter evening.

A smooth stroll at dusk turns into an all out brawl as 360 assults the "warm-up" grade at Jackson Junction. Calmar Hill actually holds the ruling grade title, though Jackson and Algona come in a c... (more)

With just a few minutes of daylight left, KCS haulage rights train 360 (with 2 tank cars along for the ride) pulls over a hogback.

Poking along at 10 mph, B42's crew works west towards Sheldon. Next stop is to setout all the tanks on the rear at Hartley ethanol plant about 10 miles ahead. Then the head 6 cars will go to Sheld... (more)