Iowa Interstate train CBBI-01 crosses the trestle over McPherson Ave and Little Mosquito Creek just before dawn, departing Council Bluffs for their eastward journey towards Chicago.

After weekend trips out of Menlo on Saturday and Anita on Sunday, IAIS6988 deadheaded from Council Bluffs back to Newton on Monday morning, crossing this viaduct over McPherson Avenue shortly afte... (more)

Normally ever spring a weed spray train runs across the Iowa Zone on the CN. Each year you never know what type unit CN will put on it for power. This year a nice treat was this GE cowl unit. Here... (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)

Iowa Interstate's "Rock Island" heritage unit leads the daily Blue Island to Council Bluffs train through Hancock, Iowa.

The Iowa Northern ran a passenger special out of Waterloo on Good Friday. The trip went from Bryant Yard in Waterloo to the end of the property at Cedar Rapids for investors and accountants. The I... (more)

The CN had 2 sets of BNSF power on the locals between Waterloo and Sioux City. On Sunday both sets of power did their fair share of busting drifts between Waterloo and Fort Dodge in the blizzard. ... (more)

Northbound Boone, IA, to Eagle Grove, IA, small freight passes over the mighty tall bridge here at Fort Dodge. The train is on the Fort Dodge Sub which they will use from Moorland to Eagle Grove t... (more)

Grain going to Dubuque and then Chicago

Southbound CP 674 crosses Mad Creek at Muscatine, IA with 100 loads of fracking sand for Texas behind Norfolk Southern's Lehigh Valley heritage painted ES44AC.

The South Crew is running alittle late today on their northbound trip from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo. Once at Waterloo the crew switched out their train and then made a delivery to the UP yard at L... (more)

A job that probably should of had a plow today, but didn't! The Cedar Rapids night local didn't run overnight, so the day job made an unusual daylight trip to Manchester and back. The job pushed t... (more)

The first of the 8200-series AC4400CWM rebuilds leads 474 over Pine Creek south of Montpelier.

The evening local at Waterloo has arrived over at John Deeres on the Deere's Industrial Lead. The job normally will base its operation here on the Cedar River Bridge. The job will go and do Northl... (more)

An empty grain train from El Paso, TX, to Pleasant Hill, IA, crosses the east fork of the Skunk River just outside of Mount Pleasant. There are a couple impressive trestle between Rome and Mount P... (more)