Back in 2007, the UP was using most of their ex-CNW SD40's in local type traffic around Iowa. These units mostly stayed captivated since they had cab signals for the ex-CNW mainline thru Iowa and ... (more)

An empty coal train out of Weston, WI, for Wisconsin Public Service, hammers west on the Clinton Sub. The 2x1 empty train has just passed CPA 090 at Fairfax on the westside of Cedar Rapids. The tr... (more)

A slot rock train swings around the corner at Chicago Jct onto the Spineline. The train came off the Clinton Sub eastbound and is now southbound on the Mason City Sub towards Des Moines. The train... (more)

The UP announced last month they will go to a new corporate scheme. The wings scheme will be going away in place of the shield on the nose again and the flag moved up to a stupid spot on the side ... (more)

UP's restored Big Boy is making its way back west towards the end of July after touring the Midwest. The train passed thru Iowa on July 30 thru August 2 on its westbound trip. The train laid over ... (more)

A Pekin, IL, from Midwest Generation at Powerton to North Rochelle Mine, WY, empty coal train rolls west on the UP Clinton Sub. The train passes thru small town of Chelsea in central Iowa. I was p... (more)

The mid-day hotshot out of Chicago has around 62-63 mph in hand as they work west into the setting sun. The crew on the train is 97 miles into their over 300 miles trip from the east side of Iowa ... (more)

This is a fun little prop along highway 30 at Clarence. A westbound land barge freight slowly making their way west on the Clinton Sub. Clarence is located about 45 miles west of Clinton.

There are some cool relics along this old Rock Island mainline to Colorado Springs. A lot of the code line has been taken down along with some of the ABS signals. Here east of Brewster, along old ... (more)

After a 20-hour shut down for a winter storm, the KYLE was back to business Thursday westbound towards Limon. Here the crew snakes over the grade between Sleden and Rexford on the Phillipsburg Sub... (more)

An eastbound oil train from Helper, UT, to St, James, LA, is just out of Salina, KS. The train is working east on the Salina Sub and passes these ancient UP ABS signals near Solomon. Solomon the w... (more)

We unfortunately heard this guy coming alittle late to do much with him. The UP Marysville Sub runs along the Little Blue River in an area that is no man's land west of Hanover near the Nebraska/K... (more)

A DP shoves on the back of this empty taconite train as they rolls west on the Lakes Sub outside of Superior. The train just departed Allouez Yard and is bound for loading back in the BNSF Iron Ra... (more)

The T-Bird trains were alittle mix of old and new on our trip this time in 2020. This one had old SD40 and C40 combo, while the other T-Bird had a pair of newer AC-GE's. These trains run from the ... (more)

An empty ore train out of Two Harbors is about 78 miles into their trip north to the Minntac Plant near Mountain Iron, MN. These trains make the 168 mile round trip to and from Two Harbors many ti... (more)