After the UP swallowed up the CNW and SP the consists started getting pretty wild towards the end of the 90's. An eastbound freight on the Clinton Sub is sporting alot of merger stuff as they pass... (more)

Back in 1996 the UP was about a year into the CNW acquisition. The mainline thru Iowa still seen numerous trains with CNW power at the helm. Here an eastbound APL stacker blast left handed running... (more)

On September 17, 2018, the CN Osage Sub was officially shorten to MP 83.6, couple miles west of London. The trackage to Glenville has been out of service for awhile now, and looks like its going t... (more)

For awhile the UP had the 3 Rio Grande GP60's running together on the Denver to Pueblo trains over the Joint Line. Here the trio make their way south towards Pueblo somewhere north of Palmer Lake.... (more)

One of my 1st trips on my own was a trip out to Montana and Utah back in 2000. One of the things on the "Hit List" was this dirt train on the ex-Rio Grande" out of Helper, Utah. Eve... (more)

The CN continues to get rail in place In Iowa as fall approaches.The CN has over 57 miles of replacement steel they like to get in before winter sets in. This rail train is heading to the Cedar Ra... (more)

This Hutchison Western Lumber Yard keeps L565 pretty busy during the week with carloads of lumber. Here 565 pickups an empty on their way west. This job came out of Dubuque today with work at Farl... (more)

CN train #340 had some issues and stalled climbing out of the Mississippi River Valley east of Savanna. So a BNSF Northtown to Chicago train had to cut their power and push the train up the grade.... (more)

One of my favorite things in the 90's was these CN haulage trains the BN ran. Being a young kid and seeing Canadian power for the 1st time was something completely different for me. Consist like t... (more)

There was a small era that CN had a few of these old CN GP9's running around on locals in Iowa. I didn't get this much but one of my chases did feature a trio of them on the Waterloo local towards... (more)

BNSF Brookfield Sub somewhat parallels the busy Transcon mainline between Galesburg and Kansas City. While the Transcon see heavy traffic levels, the Brookfield sees only a handful of miscellaneou... (more)

I was working on getting some shots off the track on the Marceline Sub over the weekend. One area I hit was the Chariton River bottoms west of Elmer. As the sun works thru the trees and eastbound ... (more)

In 2002, on the Marceline Sub, we have this westbound empty bare table train blasting thru the west end of Medill on clear evening. The train is sporting alittle bit of everything in this BNSF era... (more)

On September 17, 2018, the CN Osage Sub was officially shorten to MP 83.6, couple miles west of London. The trackage to Glenville has been out of service for awhile now, and looks like its going t... (more)

An empty grain train from River Gate, OR, to Berea, ND, is working over the Jamestown Sub few miles west of Cleveland. Pretty crazy how the railroad built right thru alot of these small lakes that... (more)