With heavy snow and strong winds on Tuesday night, the L567 local covered the CN 5455 on their Manchester turn. A clean unit was needed in Cedar Rapids today for the L563 local. So the crew cabbed... (more)

With heavy snow and strong winds on Tuesday night, the L567 local covered the CN 5455 on their Manchester turn. A clean unit was needed in Cedar Rapids today for the L563 local. So the crew cabbed... (more)

With heavy snow and strong winds on Tuesday night, the L567 local covered the CN 5455 on their Manchester turn. A clean unit was needed in Cedar Rapids today for the L563 local. So the crew cabbed... (more)

Took advantage of the solid CN consist that left Waterloo today on the daily train to Kirk Yard. Here the train works hard over the hogbacks between Raymond and Jesup on the CN Dubuque Sub. The tr... (more)

Took advantage of the solid CN consist that left Waterloo today on the daily train to Kirk Yard. Here the train works hard over the hogbacks between Raymond and Jesup on the CN Dubuque Sub. The tr... (more)

With a outside air temp of -18 degrees...the eastbound daily freight from Waterloo to Kirk Yard pushes thru some small drifts by the old Beth Siding. The train is running behind today as a massive... (more)

A duo of PRLX SD75Ms lead CN A490 south past the depot in Lomira.

A pair of PRLX SD75Ms lead CN A490 south up Byron hill. Quite the interesting consist here.

A pair of PRLX SD75Ms lead CN A490 south through Byron, cresting the hill. Quite the interesting consist here.

SD75Ms 8268 and 249 head east.

A westbound BNSF military train rolls across the high desert through Griffith located between Kingman and Needles, where it will change crews for the remainder of its run to Barstow.

A westbound BNSF military train led by a sharp looking BNSF SD75M (and not common out west) has just crossed into California as it rolls through Park Moabi and toward an eventual crew change at Ne... (more)

The last couple mornings the fog has made the Iowa landscape fairly frosty. Lucky for me the 337 also has been couple hours lately which means they are still working to Waterloo at sunrise. Here t... (more)

BNSF 284 leads this westbound military train at Franconia on the Seligman Sub.

BNSF 284 leads a westbound Ft. Hood to Barstow military train at Park Moabi in the late afternoon.