A brief suckerhole of sun opens up underneath stormy skies as CN manifest freight M338 cruises through Farley, Iowa as it makes its run east from Waterloo.

CN manifest freight M338 climbs the roller coaster grade into Winthrop, Iowa alongside Iowa's 220th Street. The train is on former Illinois Central trackage as it runs from Waterloo to Gary, India... (more)

A quartet of CN locomotives leads manifest M338 as it departs from Waterloo, Iowa and rolls through the rollercoaster of track on the east side of town, with several hogbacks on this former IC tra... (more)

Steamtown passenger run with ex CN 3254 in charge

Steamtown passenger run with ex CN 3254 in charge at Cedar Ave. overpass

Fairly new at the time, CN ET44AC 3254 heads into Jasper for a crew change with A416's train.

Looking great at 103 yrs. old. Not getting around that well.

CN 3254 leads a a manifest south out of Fond du Lac.

While it was bitter cold at minus 10 degrees, the sun was brilliant and the smoke plume magnificent. It was also the day I gained control of the camera and the pictures of that day led to me becom... (more)

Brand new CN ET44AC 3254 sits quietly at the west end of the yard at Swan Landing with a loaded sand train.

A pair of old freight hogs sits in the roundhouse at Steamtown. It is a sad sight to see them sitting idle likely to never run again.

A close-up nose view of Canadian National #3254 a 1917 built Mikado class 4-8-2 sits inside the roundhouse at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA.

Canadian National #3254 a 1917 built Mikado class 4-8-2 sits inside the roundhouse at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA. With a little imagination (minus the info sign and modern fi... (more)

Tom Wyatt engineer, watches his fireman Jack Emerick III dump CN 3254's ash while trainman Jeffery David Knoop looks on.