The mid-day hotshot out of Chicago has around 62-63 mph in hand as they work west into the setting sun. The crew on the train is 97 miles into their over 300 miles trip from the east side of Iowa ... (more)

Dense fog has covered Iowa the pass few mornings. Today I went out and shot a few trains on the Clinton Sub. While the frost didn't stick as well as yesterday, this coal train still has a nice coa... (more)

A massive 3x1x1 manifest from Proviso, IL to North Platte, NE heads west through the town of Norway, with a neat welcoming sign still in progress.

UP 7943 leads a WB manifest, just west of Norway, IA.

Land barge...that's pretty much what the PSR UP looks like now days. Miles and miles of tonnage and couple engines to pull it slowly. The LA to Global 2 stacker, that's 4 days into the trip, is wo... (more)

A westbound intermodal passes through Norway, Iowa.

Westbound intermodal rolls through Norway.

Grain Empties Likely turning North at Gand Jct. Iowa

Proviso to Council Bluffs freight rolls thru the small town of Norway along the UP's Clinton Sub. Norway is located at MP 97, which is about 10 miles west of Cedar Rapids.

UP's westbound VP special has been cruising along since leaving Clinton, but in 4 miles that good speed would come to an end. UP seemed to be in meltdown mode on their east-west main thru Iowa to... (more)

UP's westbound VP special has been cruising along since leaving Clinton, but in 4 miles that good speed would come to an end. UP seemed to be in meltdown mode on their east-west main thru Iowa to... (more)

This train just spent the last few days touring the eastern US for the 50 year anniversary and celebration of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co, an Investment bank, and a major UP stockholder, and desc... (more)

The light is getting low as this westbound Global 2 to Lathrop, CA. short Z-train hammers thru the small town of Norway near MP 97 on the Clinton Sub. The train is about 100 miles into Iowa from I... (more)

A empty coal train out of Beverly Yard in Cedar Rapids has just gotten their trip started west back to the coal mines. The train passes thru the small town of Norway near milepost 97 on the Clinto... (more)

A westbound from the Powerton Plant near Pekin, IL, to Rochelle Mine Wyoming rolls thru the small town of Norway, about 10 miles west of Cedar Rapids. These Dash 8's were some of my favorite unit... (more)