2019's winter in Iowa was a pretty tough one for the railroads, especially in March. Sunday night's Canadian Pacific's B-41 local left Mason City around 2am with a wedge plow and 69 cars. Multiple... (more)
One of the bigger customer on the line west of Mason City is this AGP plant outside of Emmetsburg. This plant has been always a big producer of soybean meal and this railroad (IMRL/ICE/DME/CP) has... (more)
The sound of 2 GP38's barking could be heard for a few minutes before the train showed up. Here the Dubuque local 565 climbs out of the Mississippi River Valley towards Peosta. The 10 mile hike up... (more)
The L565 local rolls out of Dubuque for their daily trek to Manchester and back. This job works all the local industries between Peosta and Manchester, and will make connection most days with a L5... (more)
Sunday's night B-41 local left Mason City around 2am with a wedge plow and 69 cars for the Sheldon Sub. Multiple derailments of the plow at iced over crossings changed the plans around noontime. T... (more)