Canadian Pacific 7045 and 8072 lead the northbound manifest 475-25 through the S curve and dike flood wall in the Lyons neighborhood, Clinton, IA. Taken along the Canadian Pacific Davenport Subdiv... (more)

KCS' honoring veterans locomotive 4006, a UP AC44, and a pair of KCS GEVOs lead M33891-26 eastbound at the old Beth Siding. Taken on CN's Dubuque Subdivision.

BNSF 5956 shoves the rear end of CBCR (XSACR crew) up Walford Hill as they continue their climb into Cedar Rapids, IA on the CIC Amana Main (IAIS Cedar Rapids Subdivision).

IC 3107, 6200, & GTW 4900 scurry past the landmark is the rather flashy, Rick's Auto Sales lot car-topped signage. Tonight, the IC 3107 leads the charge in front of the Cedar Rapids to Manchester,... (more)

UP 1412 pulls a cut out from the rather crooked spur and small yard for Clausen Companies. I've wanted to capture 62 Job (or whatever it's called nowadays) on the Clinton industrial lead. I'm not ... (more)

BNSF 1404 and another triclops SD60M sandwich a rebuilt GP30 of some kind on a beautiful mid-July evening back in the summer of 2020. 1404 is leading the charge (timetable) east with the Galesburg... (more)

GMTX 2694, IANR 4003, 3955, & 3808 shove a long line of 2-bay sand hoppers into the Duane-Arnold Energy Center spur on a sunny, but hazy late-April morning. After they finished their work, they'd ... (more)

IARR 3802 & 3004 lead a string of ethanol empties southbound past 130th St, just south of Ackley, IA. This is the Iowa River Railroad, and it is by far one of the jankiest operations I've ever pho... (more)

NS 7278, 4042, and 7696 lead 148-06 eastbound through Banks siding in East Hannibal, IL on the NS Springfield-Hannibal District.

IAIS 517 & 510 lead XCRSA 14 (CRCB, coal empties for the BNSF in Council Bluffs, IA) southbound through Fairfax, IA. This was IAIS 517's first time leading a revenue freight after being delivered ... (more)

KCSM 4567 leads IAIS grain train XNTSW-01 eastbound through Grinnell, IA past the old Rock Island depot on the Newton Subdivision.

IAIS 153, NS 6989, & 9903 lead an empty coal train from ADM in Cedar Rapids, also known as CRPE, eastbound in the Lucas area of Iowa City. This ended up being one of, if not the last NS run throug... (more)

CN 2123 & 8955 lead X33791 06 past the old Beth Siding. If memory serves, only half a year prior, the rails were still standing, but alas, time moves on. Looking back at this, I'm incredibly thank... (more)

EJ&E 703 (the only remaining J-Ball GP38-2) and GTW 5856 (the only remaining Grand Trunk Western Operation Life Saver locomotive) lead CN train L56591 21 westbound over Catfish Creek. This is the ... (more)

CN 5626 leads X566 (loaded grain train extra) southbound through Robins Rd. This train is heading toward CN's "B" Yard where it will be staged on 2 tracks in preparation for CRANDIC to e... (more)