The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train rolls thru Raymond and across Poyner Creek. Few weeks back to CN began work on replacing this wooden bridge. Work has been slowed with the cold snap,... (more)

The LNM34 heading across one of the many old bridges along the Oskaloosa Sub

Iowa Interstate ES44AC 503 brings up the rear DPU of a late running CBBI as it rolls across US Route 6 and heads into Newton, Iowa, which is typically where this train would get its crew. A hotbox... (more)

BNSF Executive SD70MAC 9764 brings up the rear of a loaded eastbound coal train as it crosses over the Grand River in Talmage, Iowa. The Ottumwa Sub crosses over this valley on a long fill, along ... (more)

An extra BNSF manifest freight XH NTWKCK1 10A crosses over the Mississippi River in Fort Madison, Iowa behind a colorful lashup of GE's. This unique double decked bridge carries both the BNSF Chil... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr speeds westbound into the setting sun as it travels over BNSF trackage, crossing over the Des Moines River on the west side of Ottumwa, Iowa.

"Support Our Troops." KCS 4006 leads CN M338 over Catfish Creek in Dubuque.

A trio of BNSF GE's lead manifest freight H GALDMO1 11A across the Mississippi River into Burlington, Iowa where it will pull into the yard for work before continuing west. This bridge was, built... (more)

A CP local crosses a creek between Bettendorf and Riverdale as it works its way north along the Mississippi.

IAIS QJ 6988 crosses the Iowa River at Iowa City.

Two SDs, an old geep and a new GP38-2 head out of Marshalltown on the former Minneapolis & St Louis main, headed for Albert Lea and points north. I believe much of this line is gone now.

Tom Kidd photo.

The Iowa Northern's Jordan Spreader is just out of the Waterloo city limits as they work north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. The drifts however were pretty minor for the middle of February u... (more)

The B38 local from Mason City to Savanna is back into Iowa after crossing the Mississippi River at Sabula. This job comes out of Dubuque as B38, setouts and pickups at Savanna, and rolls back to D... (more)

Iowa Interstate 515 with the daily westbound enters Iowa crossing the Arsenal Bridge over the Mighty Mississippi. As of recently BICB has been an afternoon run across the Iowa City Subdivision wit... (more)