A young lady waves to the Oskaloosa job crew as it heads northbound across the diamond with Iowa Interstate, at the Grinnell, IA depot.

IAIS 506 leads CBBI around the Homestead curve as the freshly risen sun burns through a dense fog. The lash-up of two GE's and two GP38-2s, all thundering away, made for quite a lovely racket in t... (more)

UP 1111 leads "The NPPR" around the Bertram curves.

An EB BNSF manifest crosses the Wisconsin River, just upstream from the mighty Mississippi River. The photo was taken from an outlook at Pikes Peak State Park.

IANR 4001 leads the "South Job" northbound past the Vinton depot, on its way to Waterloo, Iowa. Called by many names, this is the old Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway de... (more)

IANR 4002, IANR 3953 (slug), and GMTX 2276 pull the south job back north across the Cedar River. The interesting curved bridge is the new stretch of hwy 100 from hwy 30 to Cedar Rapids, IA. Just t... (more)

After a long and eventful day, Union Pacific 4014 (Big Boy) rests under the stars in UP's Beverly yard. The Big Boy will depart Beverly at approximately 0900 in the morning, to visit the state cap... (more)

UP 2759 leads a WB Z train towards Watkins, Iowa. Look close for the easy-to-miss details!

CN 2845 pushes ex CCP ICG 101403 (Jordan Spreader) through drifts from Manchester, IA to Cedar Rapids, IA on the CN CR line. This photo (taken south of Manchester, IA) shows the crew “flangingâ€... (more)

A rare evening IANR South Job extra run to CR turned even better when a thunderstorm produced a shelf cloud as a backdrop! An Iowa storm front and a train is something I’ve wanted to catch for a... (more)

UP 1743 leads "the drag" around the bend towards the Cedar River bridge. They are headed southbound from North Yard to the Beverly Yard. Those John Deere tractors were brought to UP's No... (more)

On the cold, snowy morning of Saturday, February 6, 2021, IANR 458 leads CRWA north at Edgewood Rd. along the Cedar River with a large cut of empty flat cars. Their track warrant is between Linn a... (more)

Ex CCP ICG 101403 (Jordan Spreader) and CN 2845 approach the 275th St. Grade crossing, where they will briefly stop to grab some lunch before continuing down the line.

CN 5750 (EMD SD75I) leads an early evening L567 north into Central City, IA. Taken just after sunset on May 6, 2020, as the train approaches the highway 13 overpass.

IAIS 6988 is on the move and approaching the curve into Homestead.