The Burlington Junction Railway operates a few disjointed lines in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri along with an eclectic roster of locomotives. On this afternoon, the Burlington, Iowa spots centerbe... (more)

The Burlington Junction Railway operates a few disjointed lines in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri along with an eclectic roster of locomotives. On this afternoon, the Burlington, Iowa job shoves its... (more)

The Burlington Junction Railway makes their morning moves on the line in Ottumwa, Iowa, using a GP7u to shove a few hoppers into the yard after picking them up from the JBS Pork Ottumwa Packing Pl... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 9, Burlington Jct. Rwy. and the Ugly Duckling: Thankfully my wife puts up with my shenanigans, I would have liked to stick around longer, but she said it was time to go! My ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 9, Burlington Jct. Rwy. and the Ugly Duckling: Continuing it's shove back to the BNSF, the BJRY passes by the old Port of Burlington warehouse, which is now a tourist inform... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 9, Burlington Jct. Rwy. and the Ugly Duckling: A little bit later in the day, the BJRY crew shoves out to the BNSF interchange, once again passing under the Great River Brid... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 9, Burlington Jct. Rwy. and the Ugly Duckling: Arriving at the BNSF interchange, the BJRY wanders into the small yard in search of Potash cars for the Port of Burlington. Th... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 9, Burlington Jct. Rwy. and the Ugly Duckling: Continuing on its short trip to the BNSF interchange, the BJRY crew, with their rare ALCO C415, pass under the spectacular Gre... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 9, Burlington Jct. Rwy. and the Ugly Duckling: After doing a little switching in their small yard, the BJRY crew runs lite engine to the BNSF interchange in downtown Burling... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 9, Burlington Jct. Rwy. and the Ugly Duckling: Not wasting any time, the Burlington Jct. crew starts organizing outbound cars for the BNSF interchange. BJRY 701 began life i... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 9, Burlington Jct. Rwy. and the Ugly Duckling: When finished with lunch, the crew promptly gets to work pulling/spotting lumber flats at their transload facility. The little... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 9, Burlington Jct. Rwy. and the Ugly Duckling: On my way home to Minnesota, I decided to make a quick stop in Burlington, IA to catch the BJRY, who has the only two operatio... (more)

Before some strong thunderstorms roll in, Burlington Junction’s brand new GP15-1 picks up a cut of cars on the Industrial trackage.

Burlington Junctions SW1500 & MP15 take a sole WC boxcar across Lake Street, bound for the Paper plant a few blocks away.

The sun breaks through the clouds as a pair of end cab switchers, an SW1500 & MP15, take a small cut of cars out of the yard, and towards the lead west of here where they’ll switch for a while.