With winter in full force, Iowa doesn't see alot of the newer AC locomotives. That stuff tends to stay on the busier mainlines for the AC/DP needs. This AC did make it out here to Iowa on X337 and... (more)
Loaded ethanol train off the Iowa Northern at Waterloo works east on the Dubuque Sub. Here the train tops the grade thru the old station at Beth. This old wooden overpass on the Dubuque Sub has be... (more)
A loaded grain train from western Iowa crosses Buffalo Creek just east of Winthrop. This is one of the few larger wood bridges left on the CN in Iowa. The train is working east on the Dubuque Sub ... (more)
A loaded ethanol train out of western Iowa fights the grade between Winthrop and Masonville. A nice leader heads up this train bound for interchange with the NS in Chicago. The train is currently ... (more)
With a outside air temp of -18 degrees...the eastbound daily freight from Waterloo to Kirk Yard pushes thru some small drifts by the old Beth Siding. The train is running behind today as a massive... (more)