Well Mother Nature is doing her best to make railroading on the Omaha Sub as hard as it can be. Here 4 units wasnt enough power to get thru this drift at MP 408. All 4 units are having different s... (more)

The Spencer local pushes thru a decent drift near MP 163, just west of Sexton. With the train traveling 10 mph the snow begins to pile up on the front of the locomotive. This train was loaded at H... (more)

Getting the handbrake tonight might be a chore for this engineer. 14 inches of snow and 3 days of wind has caused decent snow drifts to build on the Cherokee Sub.

Iowa Northern's North Crew works on digging out more snow before adding 5 engines to the 5 engines stuck in a decent snow drift south of Nora Springs. This part of railroading in the winter isnt m... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for Machens, MO for Union Electric, has just crossed over at MP 34 from main 3 to main 2 as they head north on the Orin Sub. This train will travel thru Alliance, NE, Lin... (more)

HUCC is only a half mile away from starting the 14 miles decent from Monona to Marquette, IA. The Marquette Hill (or Monona Hill also called) is a grade of 1% for the next 13 miles with the 1st 2 ... (more)

Not very often you see lightning, stars, and the moon in one photo. As a storm rolls east over Regina, the skies begin to clear behind and the moon starts to take over the night sky. Stony Beach i... (more)

Into the 1st drift the rotary goes, and like us, the crew is excited to get a couple photos of the snow flying. The B-unit provides power for the rotary wings. Here the B-units starts to work hard... (more)

The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 was the 3rd highest crest on reco... (more)

The ditcher has made 2 passes thru this decent drift at the top of Alden hill with the wings out to push the snow back, now MofW had the crew back up about a mile to hit this drift at 40 mph to cl... (more)

The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 was the 3rd highest crest on reco... (more)

When the weather turns cold, the track has alot of strain put on it with the contracting steel. Many joints can come apart, as is the case here at MP 269.9 on the CN Dubuque Sub. The 1st real cold... (more)

After contractors worked all night to dig this train out, the CN is now working on getting this train out of here. The head 3 units were brought out to assist the 4 that are packed in here and now... (more)

A Global 2 to Long Beach stack train is giving its all trying to fight the 30 mph wind and the grade on Arcadia hill as it heads west.

A family vacation of good balance. My wife likes to fish, and I like to watch trains. Our oldest boy likes everything, so we spent a nice Saturday afternoon enjoying the Mississippi River around D... (more)