A 2nd 260 is rolling south on the Marquette Sub towards the next crew change at Marquette. The CPKC's specially painted unit for the Canadian Air Force and a CPKC AC4400 that is in DP mode on the ... (more)

A rail train is done dumping rail north of Kains siding on the Marquette Sub. Now begins 200 plans on what to do next! Amazing how no one really knew what needed to be done and how long that would... (more)

This was the one place the CP had water up to the ties. The Marquette local takes 64 cars to Harpers Ferry siding for 261 to pickup tonight. The crew creeps thru the water at Waukon Jct. The water... (more)

This was the one place the CP had water up to the ties. The Marquette local takes 64 cars to Harpers Ferry siding for 261 to pickup tonight. The crew creeps thru the water at Waukon Jct. The water... (more)

CP GP20C-ECO 2246 sits in downtown Davenport with the 2023 CPKC Holiday Train for its stop.

This is the first year that the CP Holiday Train has run across the system under the new CPKC banner. The train itself still had the boxcars lettered for Canadian Pacific, but the stage car was ne... (more)

CP GP20C-ECO 2246 leads the 2023 CPKC Holiday Train South through Bettendorf.

CP GP20C-ECO 2246 leads the 2023 CPKC Holiday Train West across the historic swing bridge in Sabula.

GMTX 2694, IANR 4003, 3955, & 3808 shove a long line of 2-bay sand hoppers into the Duane-Arnold Energy Center spur on a sunny, but hazy late-April morning. After they finished their work, they'd ... (more)

CP GP20C-ECO 2246 leads the 2023 CPKC Holiday Train South past the levee in North Clinton as it approaches its stop in town.

IARR 3802 & 3004 lead a string of ethanol empties southbound past 130th St, just south of Ackley, IA. This is the Iowa River Railroad, and it is by far one of the jankiest operations I've ever pho... (more)

The rear DPU's of two loaded coal trains meet in Creston, Iowa as they pass by the 1899 built CB&Q station as they head east. A solo AC4400CW brings up the rear of the C NAMJOJ0 67A bound for Jopp... (more)

IAIS 517 & 510 lead XCRSA 14 (CRCB, coal empties for the BNSF in Council Bluffs, IA) southbound through Fairfax, IA. This was IAIS 517's first time leading a revenue freight after being delivered ... (more)

KCSM 4567 leads IAIS grain train XNTSW-01 eastbound through Grinnell, IA past the old Rock Island depot on the Newton Subdivision.

BNSF 3188 leads the local from from Clinton through Davenport. The bridge in the background is the Government Bridge. Iowa Interstate's mainline utilizes the upper portion of the bridge, and autom... (more)