Seems the BNSF is moving alot of power around and alot of it is heading for the Northern Transcon in this early part of March 2021. Traffic seems to be up and railroads are trying to keep up. Here... (more)

The CN daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train is just getting on the BNSF Aurora Sub at East Dubuque. The train has just crosses the Mississippi River and went from Iowa to Illinois. The CN us... (more)

A Oklahoma City freight train is back on the move after a dogcatch crew jumped on here at Stronghurst. Seems pretty common this weekend recrewing trains east of Lomax. The train is bound for Gales... (more)

A Tulsa, OK, bound freight train roll across the 741 foot long Media bridge with a squeaky clean leader. The bridge was replaced in 2018, replacing the one built in 1910. The new bridge doesn't ha... (more)

A Tulsa bound freight train rolls thru Dallas City along the Mississippi River on the BNSF Chillicothe Sub. The crew told the Ft. Mad Dispatcher they were only a.78 hpt, meaning they were decently... (more)

Some what odd ball leader for a hot Z9 is this SD70ACe. The train has just departed Fort Madison after a crew change. This crew will handle the last leg of the trip to Chicago, another 230 miles a... (more)

Sunday seen a ton of trains and some odd ball consists on the BNSF Transcon. One different leader was this NS SD9043 leading a New York to LA run thru Q-train. Here the train sneaks along the bank... (more)

Central Illinois isn't the pretty countryside in the world, its like a ride thru Nebraska! Luckily there are some odds and ends things to add to the photo. Here at the east end of Tolono train 181... (more)

Westbound Roadrailer train #255 hammers across the west end of the siding at Sloan. The train is making good time across the Lafayette District enroute to the next crew change point at Decatur, IL... (more)

Train 120, the Kansas City, MO, to Detroit Oakwood, MI, auto parts train rolls east thru the town of Sadorus on the NS Lafayette District. The train will take a brief break here in 7 miles at the ... (more)

Roadrailer service just isn't what it use to be, and I wonder how much longer it will last? This once well known service is down to just 2 trains a day between KC and Detroit, and that might not b... (more)

Roadrailer service just isn't what it use to be, and I wonder how much longer it will last? This once well known service is down to just 2 trains a day between KC and Detroit, and that's only 5 da... (more)

The daily stacker from Harrisburg, PA, to Voltz Yard in Kansas City, MO, passes over the switch at Rensselaer on the Hannibal District. Rensselaer is the east end of a 12,000 foot siding 12 miles... (more)

The westbound Blue Island, IL to Kansas City, MO, vehicle train has couple NS motors as they hammer west between Bosworth and Carrollton on the BNSF Marceline Sub. Country Rd 314 bridge here over ... (more)

The daily Kansas City to Decatur freight train passes over the west end of the siding at Salisbury. The train is about 20 miles from the next crew change and work location at Moberly. This large b... (more)