Trying to keep the horn working and the wipers going is a tough chore West of Marcus today. The drifts between Owens and Marcus are pretty hefty when the snow and wind meet out here in Western Iow... (more)

I asked 338's crew yesterday what the drifts look like east of Waterloo. They said around Beth there was some small ones. I headed out today in the bitterly cold to shoot 338 blasting the drifts a... (more)

A local resident is enjoying the warm evening doing alittle carp bow fishing along the Des Moines River west of Ottumwa. Last time we were here, we were able to drive to the bridge on this road, b... (more)

The Mississippi River draws many people away from their busy weekday life for weekends of partying river life. Many spend spring thru fall at a trailer up and down this river. The CP Marquette Su... (more)

With an actual air temp of -7 degrees and a wind chill well below that, a late 337 makes the very cold final miles towards Waterloo at sunrise. With over 6600 feet of traffic bound for Iowa, this... (more)

The Fond Du Lac, WI, to Waterloo, IA, extra manifest train hits a small drift west of Dyersville. The CN in Iowa has been extremely short of power this week, X337 and M337 today both have a bunch ... (more)

As you can see it doesn't take much to build a snow drift. Here a crew works west towards Sheldon opening this line back up for business after a Christmas snow storm dump snow and ice in the area.... (more)

The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 at the 3rd highest crest on recor... (more)

Life for the CN west of Ft Dodge the past week hasn't been any fun. Power going bad orders all over and a couple stuck trains has the CN scrambling to keep the railroad running. Here lite power se... (more)

The next job for CN's Jordan Spreader this week is to dig out the Osage Sub. The Cedar River Crew took off out of Waterloo Wednesday, 2/26, heading towards Lyle. Didn't take long for the crew to f... (more)

Eastbound Keenan, MN, to Madison, IL, loaded taconite train rolls south along the Mississippi River as people fish along the boat ramp near Desoto. The fall colors were here and there but the weat... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Jordan works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. Past Fairbank the trains haven't been over the line since the last wind storm. The drifts were pretty minor for the middl... (more)

A Mobil Grain train is parked at Girvin for a crew to jump aboard and head south on the Lost Mountain Railroad side of things towards Bethune. This railroad has 7 SD40's to help with the expanding... (more)

The CN ran their Jordan Spreader down their 42 miles Cedar Rapids Sub on Thursday February 21. The job worked at pushing back drifts along this branch. Winter has been pretty steady in this part o... (more)

The Iowa Northern has been working towards getting themselves better setup for winter weather. The railroad purchased 2 plows to help keep the railroad open. Unfortunately moisture in the air line... (more)