Since it was cloudy and a white countryside, I made the best to shoot some stuff on the northside of the UP main thru Iowa. Westbound auto train off the IHB at Gibson in Chicago rolls west on the ... (more)

With a bonus cancelled school day, we ventured out into the Iowa winter landscape. We made an afternoon on the UP's Clinton Sub between Blairstown and Belle Plaine. Traffic was light as we only se... (more)

I was ailttle surprised to see a couple SD70M's charging this hotshot Z-train from Global 1 to Brooklyn Yard in Portland, OR, westward. Here the train makes its normal afternoon/evening run across... (more)

Westbound Houston, TX, to South St. Paul manifest rolls past this 1880's old ex-ATSF depot in Atchison. This is the UP Falls City Sub that runs north from KC towards Omaha. The old depot is now a ... (more)

The bridge at Sibley on the BNSF Marceline is an impressive bridge from the air. This 4100 foot and 90 feet high bridge over the Missouri River was built in 1915. It is one of the few places were... (more)

Norborne is located on the busy joint trackage between the NS and the BNSF between WB Junction and CA Junction on the BNSF Marceline Sub. There is alot of neat things to look at from the air in th... (more)

An empty sand train rumbles east on main #2 at Norborne on the Marceline Sub. The train just meet a westbound Q-train who disappears to the west. Norborne is located on the busy joint trackage wit... (more)

The CB&Q originally built across the Missouri Rive back in 1880. The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad had reached Plattsmouth in 1870 while working west from Creston towards Lincoln. The CB&... (more)

The 1st week of September 2019 the CN and the BNSF did joint PTC interoperability testing on the Aurora Sub. The train consisted of BNSF and CN management and crews, plus both road's power. The te... (more)

A massive westbound Galesburg to Lincoln freight train is carrying a huge consist of power. Here the train drops down grade into Ottumwa west of Agency on the Ottumwa Sub. The train has a bunch of... (more)

After tons of delays, I was about out of options for this Galesburg to Lincoln freight train. This guy waited for almost 2 hours for 3 eastbound trains at Ottumwa due to a combo coal train in 2 pi... (more)

If you are going to do the IAIS now days, bring your racing shoes! Keeping up on this 40 mph track isn't the easiest. Here the west train rumbles thru the small town of Homestead a few miles east ... (more)

If you are going to do the IAIS now days, bring your racing shoes! Keeping up on this 40 mph track isn't the easiest. Here the west train rumbles thru the small town of Downey a few miles east of ... (more)

The Blue Island to Council Bluffs daily freight rumbles across the Iowa River in downtown Iowa City. The train is working west towards South Amana from Silvis. In the consist the 1 of the 4 the S... (more)

The west train passes over a partially frozen Cedar River near Moscow. The train is working west from Silvis to South Amana on the Iowa City Sub. The Iowa Interstate has a pair daily freights that... (more)