I don't get it! The railroads spend all kinds of effort to combo trains to save crew starts, and then they run engine trains around? Could of added 4 units to couple trains on the way by KC and sa... (more)

Amtrak's triweekly Southwest Chief rumbles along the Marceline Sub in northern Missouri. The train is easing up for the permanent slow order east of Revere where the Marceline drops in and out of ... (more)

The hot shot New York to LA Z-train zips thru the crossovers at rounded up a freight as they make their way west towards KC on the Marceline Sub. The BNSF Transcon Main skirts thru the far souther... (more)

An eastbound Oakland to Logistic Park stack train eases up to Belfast Rd west of Argyle. Fort Madison is in the normal congestion mode so the dispatcher is holding trains at Argyle for room. I... (more)

A lost stack train rolls thru the crossover at Argyle on the Marceline Sub in a winter wonderland. This train originated on the 30th at the Oakland Gateway, CA, and spent the last 6 days somewhere... (more)

A loaded coal train slowly makes its way across the Clinton Sub at sunrise. The train is just out of Nevada and is about to pass over the Spineline. The train just got ranaround by a hot Z-train e... (more)

Light dusting of snow and clear blue skies called our name on Monday for a bit. We headed out for some UP traffic on the Clinton Sub in eastern Iowa. Unfortunately the UP didn't want to play ball ... (more)

Light dusting of snow and clear blue skies called our name on Monday for a bit. We headed out for some UP traffic on the Clinton Sub in eastern Iowa. Unfortunately the UP didn't want to play ball ... (more)

Light dusting of snow and clear blue skies called our name on Monday for a bit. We headed out for some UP traffic on the Clinton Sub in eastern Iowa. Unfortunately the UP didn't want to play ball ... (more)

Westbound land barge Chicago to North Platte freight slowly roll across the central Iowa landscape on the UP Clinton Sub. This time of year the famers are hustling with activity trying to beat old... (more)

The view from this hill west of Blairstown shows off a local farmstead busy with the fall harvest activates. If you notice the corn by the tracks it is all leaning to the right. Powerful straight ... (more)

Today's daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train isn't pulling very hard to get their train up "Little Raymond Hill". With only 28 cars and a notch 5 restriction on the head unit, the ... (more)

A nice beautiful morning finds a few trains working up and down the St. Croix Sub between LaCrosse and St. Croix. Here we have an eastbound freight train making lots of noise as they blast thru th... (more)

The hot shot out South Seattle rumbles thru the small town of Alma on the BNSF St. Croix Sub. This vantage point is from A pedestrian walkway to the lock and dam in town. Not for the faint of hear... (more)

I use the term "Z" loosely, cause of the "7" on the symbol...but a somewhat hot Z-train rolls along the Mississippi River on the Aurora Sub between Lynxville and Ferryville. Th... (more)