A rail train is done dumping rail north of Kains siding on the CP Marquette Sub. The job will setout the threader car on the Rugged Rock track next at MP 133. Plan "A", with warranties i... (more)

The Savanna, IL, to Mason City, IA, local is quite busy on the Marquette Sub tonight. At Dubuque, they did the interchange work with the CN before picking up over 70 cars setout by 475 the night b... (more)

A southbound oil train is back on the move after their computer screens went out and then PTC enforced them. The train is about hour ahead of the CP business train coming today. All hands were on ... (more)

While I probably should of done Lansing proper shot like most did, I decided to grab the train leaving town. Here the train curves around at MP 124 as they hugged the Mississippi River and cross V... (more)

Hard to figure out what to do here in Bellevue with the 100 other photographers. The CP business train wasted no time making the 76 miles trek from Marquette to Bellevue today in 2 hour 20 minutes... (more)

While at the In-laws, we heard this CP train 260 coming south. They were behind a 576 oil train out of Ottumwa and stopped to get more track west of Blakesburg. Here they are back on the move as t... (more)

A new crew slowly pulls out of the yard at Ottumwa after a setout and crew change. The crew is passing the south end of yard limits for Ottumwa with a short 474 bound for KC. The countryside is fu... (more)

The daily St. Paul to KC freight train for the CP is fresh on the Marquette Sub as they leave LaCrescent behind. The train passes over the Root River and some of the back waters around MP 156. Ab... (more)

CP ran their tech train across the old GWWR on the KCS on 1/27 and 28. The train left St. Louis late 1/27 and ran to KC on the 28th. Last night the train made its way out of KC on the CP to Davenp... (more)

An empty ethanol train bound for western Iowa pulls out of the yard at Waterloo. The train is in the runaround which by-passes the yard to the north. This power will spot this empty and then will ... (more)

CN Veterans unit came into Waterloo on an empty ethanol train on Thursday morning. The unit now sits on #1 track stored for a couple days waiting for service. The unit would go out on Saturday as ... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Ft. Dodge local setouts 2 cars in the house track at Ackley. The cars are bound for the Iowa River Railroad, but the job tomorrow will deliver them. This job normally works w... (more)

Pretty unusual for us to get any westbounds on the CN in the evening around the house. Lucky for us this Arthur empty ethanol train rolls across the hogbacks west of Independence in decent evening... (more)

CN came up with an old odd ball leader for an empty Alden, IA, bound grain empty. The CN 5317 stood proud today leading a couple NS units on a nice sunny Saturday. Here the train took a small paus... (more)

There was quite a buzz in Iowa the mid of March 2022. This old veteran SD40 lead 2 mainline trains in and out of Iowa. The 1st train was this an empty grain to Alden, IA. The next day M338 would b... (more)