Iowa Interstate 708 leads the high and wide special with a 720,000 lb transformer in the consist. The 20 axle car PTDX 202, with the transformer weighs in at 1.1 million pounds.
UP 2001 leads a manifest through the small town of Norway, Iowa.
Willkommen. QJ 7081 takes off from South Amana after getting permission to proceed east to Iowa City.
Signs. QJ 7081 sits still for a minute while they get their track warrant into Iowa City.
QJ 7081 leads a train of passenger cars through the Iowa countryside East of Victor.
BNSF 999 and CSX 88 lead a manifest through the small town of Victory, along the curves and hills next to the Mississippi.
BNSF 7446 leads a double stack train past the water tower in Hinckley, Illinois.
UP 8791 leads a double stack train under the coaling tower in De Kalb, Illinois, shortly before losing its air.
BNSF 5016 leads an autorack train around the waiting westbound, in Shabbona, Illinois.
UP 7778 leads a double stack train through the small town of Chelsea, Iowa, and past an old John Deere tractor.
Union Pacific 7149 leads a hopper train through the small town of Norway, Iowa.
BNSF 9349 trails the Northbound empty coal train through Montrose, Iowa, and along the mighty Mississippi.
Union Pacific's Western Pacific heritage unit leads a double stack train around the curve and into Bertram on a foggy morning.
Iowa Interstate 509 and 5 others drag a short westbound on a beautiful January afternoon.