There is plenty of water around Marquette, as near record high flooding is making things difficult for CP. The CP is fighting back hard with many work trains and constant raising of track. North o... (more)

There is plenty of water around Marquette, as near record high flooding is making things difficult for CP. The CP is fighting back hard with many work trains and constant raising of track. North o... (more)

The daily St. Paul to Kansas City freight rounds the curve at Reno on the CPKC Marquette Sub. This is about the only place I saw north of Harpers where water was a problem. The CP dump rock thru h... (more)

The crew on this loaded ore train is happy they didn't have the track washout under them at MP 268.8. Unfortunately, the Z-train an hour behind them wouldn't be as lucky. Now, BNSF has quite a mes... (more)

KCS SD70MAC 3967 heads light through floodwaters in downtown Davenport, heading to LeClaire to pick up a ballast train.

CP 8126 leads CPKC 9-253 South through a flooded downtown Davenport.

BNSF GP38-2 2099 leads BN Rock South through the Mississippi River floodwaters in Davenport.

KCS SD70MAC 3903 leads a manifest North through the Mississippi river floodwaters in downtown Davenport at sunset. Rapid snowmelt from Minnesota and Wisconsin has pushed the Mississsippi River ove... (more)

As the Mississippi River flooding continues to wreak havoc, ballast trains having been running day and night to fight the rising water. KCS 3967 leads an empty 3GPS north on a rainy Sunday mornin... (more)

The Gold Bar turn prepositioning ballast cars for further flooding in the Skykomish Valley.

"Coke Zero With a Side of Water"

On the morning of September 2nd, 2021, CDOT/SLE train 1699, with CTrail (CTDX) GE P40BH 6711 sits stranded at CP274 in New Haven, Connecticut on Metr... (more)

CP 6068 and 2 other SD40s lead a loaded ballast train south on the Marquette sub while the Mississippi is experiencing record breaking flooding. Dropping ballast along the way, they'll only make i... (more)

On my way to a work related service call in upper Ellsworth, Maine, I came upon the crossing of Nicolin Road and the former MEC Calais Branch during the morning of December 4, 2020. A sign had be... (more)

Record flooding in the Midwest during the spring of 2019. SOO 4448 navigates the floodwaters through Port Byron, Illinois.

New Orleans is Underwater A frustrated trolley passenger has resorted to foot travel down the rails after moisture from the developing tropical storm Barry dumped 7 inches of rain to downto... (more)