From Tuesday thru Saturday the locals on the Omaha Sub work and usually meet at Denison. The jobs normal run with a single SD60 that faces forward since they wye power at both ends. With the Omaha... (more)

Salina once played host to 4 different railroads. The Union Pacific, Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific, and Rock all came into Salina. All 4 railroads had trackage just east of the depot, but only the ex... (more)

With a fresh crew on board, this hotshot UP Z-train heads for the G4 terminal near Joliet. The train skirts the Mississippi River as they head for the drawbridge that will cross them from Iowa int... (more)

A loaded syrup train out of Rock Island, IL, rolls easy thru Fort Madison and along the Mississippi River. The train has just crossed into Iowa and will change subdivision here in a mile from the ... (more)

With an actual air temp of -7 degrees and a wind chill well below that, a late 337 makes the very cold final miles towards Waterloo at sunrise. With over 6600 feet of traffic bound for Iowa, this... (more)

Unfortunately the CP business train was the hottest thing around midday in Ottumwa, so the BNSF held trains and delayed Amtrak even further on their trek east. Here the California Zephyr gets goin... (more)

The evening Manchester turn job has made good time across the Dubuque Sub with a short 13 car train. The train will setout at Manchester, and then do work at Dyersville and Farley on the way east ... (more)

The evening Manchester turn job has made good time across the Dubuque Sub with a short 13 car train. The train will setout at Manchester, and then do work at Dyersville and Farley on the way east ... (more)

The evening Manchester turn job has made good time across the Dubuque Sub with a short 13 car train. The train will setout at Manchester, and then do work at Dyersville and Farley on the way east ... (more)

Westbound Port Newark, NJ, to Bedford Park in Chicago, IL, priority intermodal train rolls thru Fostoria at sunset. The train is about to cross the NS in the triangle city in northern Ohio.

AK Steel train from Middletown Works, OH, to the AK Steel plant at Dearborn Works, MI, heads east on the CSX Willard Sub. The train just left North Baltimore Intermodal Terminal and passes the dep... (more)

An empty coal train off the CSS in Chicago has a new crew that boarded at the North Baltimore Intermodal Facility. Now the train rolls east pass downtown and heads for the corner at Fostoria. The ... (more)

Southbound 1x1 freight train rolls thru Upper Sandusky on the CSXT Columbus Sub. This train will turn the corner at Marion for westbound move on the Mt. Victory Sub. Local mechanics work on the ol... (more)

An Elizabethport, NJ, to Landers Yard in Chicago, IL, intermodal train rolls slowly across Sandusky Bay near Port Clinton. The train is working west on the NS Chicago Line with a pair of beat up d... (more)

Lake Pontchartrain is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana. It covers an area of 630 square miles with an average depth of 12 to 14 feet. Its roughly 39x24 miles wide and length, a... (more)