Westbound stacker from Logistics Park, IL, to Pearland, TX, struggles up the grade into New Boston. The train is working west towards KC on the Marceline Sub. The train passes under a skeleton sig... (more)

A single old Dash 9 powers this westbound autorack empty bound for KC from Northtown. Here the train crosses the Mighty Mississippi River between Quincy and West Quincy on the Brookfield. The trai... (more)

A high priority freight train from Blytheville, AR, to Galesburg, IL, is slowly pulling out of the West Quincy Yard. The train here crosses the Quincy Bay Bridge as they begin the last segment of ... (more)

The RTC told A407 to pull up tight at Tolono in hopes they would fit so they can run 2 out of Champaign south to meet them. Well unfortunately the train is 1 car too long to fit in the 9,984' spac... (more)

The Kirk Yard to Centralia, IL, local freight pulls into #1 track at Champaign. These trains tend to be a fan favorite with the standard set of IC SD70's that CN usually puts on these trains. The ... (more)

Roadrailer service just isn't what it use to be, and I wonder how much longer it will last? This once well known service is down to just 2 trains a day between KC and Detroit, and that's only 6 da... (more)

Train 121, the Sterling Heights, MI, to East St. Louis, IL, (ALS Gateway) freight train dips over the Illinois countryside west of Philo on the NS Lafayette District. This was 1st of 3 westbounds ... (more)

Council Bluffs bound empty grain off the KCS at KC rolls west on the St. Joseph Sub. Here the train passes under one of the few ex-CB&Q cantilever signal still left. Amazing this subdivision still... (more)

With new power and a new crew this loaded grain train off the Osage Sub, G884 begins the trip out of Waterloo for Reserve, LA. The Cedar River brought the train down to Mona Jct on 1/01, and the ... (more)

With new power and a new crew this loaded grain train off the Osage Sub, G884 begins the trip out of Waterloo for Reserve, LA. The Cedar River brought the train down to Mona Jct on 1/01, and the ... (more)

107 loads of soybeans from the Iowa Northern bound for Helvetia, LA, weigh down these 3 motors as they climb over "Little Raymond Hill" on the CN Dubuque Sub. The train is 10 miles out o... (more)

A 107 car Alta grain empty is working west on the CN Dubuque Sub. This was the 1st job called today after the Christmas startup out of Dubuque. The crew will race across the Dubuque and Waterloo S... (more)

Some people have commented this unit looks better from the side. I will tend to agree, I like my drone stuff better. Either way 338 rolls east with 28 cars and GTW unit up front in a frozen Iowa l... (more)

338 pulls down #4 track at Dubuque to begin their work. They past L586's power that is on #2 track on a built L565 local that will run this afternoon to Manchester and back. The 338 crew will seto... (more)

338 makes the daily trek towards Kirk Yard with a morning departure out of Waterloo. Here the train passes over Prairie Creek just outside of Masonville, about 40 mile east of Waterloo. Not alot o... (more)