A Union Pacific trackage rights train rolls west at sunrise west of West Medill. UP has few pairs of trains that run over the BNSF east of Kansas City to Chicago or Edelstein.

An Eddyville, IA, loaded corn syrup train is bound for the west as they pass thru the control point at Argyle. Alot of these trains go to Coke-A-Cola for soda pop making. This train is running in ... (more)

An empty grain train bound for the CN at East Dubuque, IL, rolls downhill thru the control point at Gorin. This train is bound for loading at Ida Grove, IA, and will head east to Galesburg on the ... (more)

With a new crew on board, this westbound Q-train takes off from Ft. Madison on main #2. The BNSF uses the Ft. Madison yard as a block swap for alot of stack train east and westbound. As you can se... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight train is in heavy dynamics as they bring their train to a stop at East Baring to let Amtrak #4 around them. Here they pass West Baring control point, and untouched Santa ... (more)

A local farmer works on his plow as a westbound Z-train passes the signals at MP 241. This train has just departed from a Ft. Madison crew change 7 miles back. Most of the ex-Santa Fe intermediate... (more)

The Southwest Chief takes off from the Ft. Madison station stop a couple minutes late. Now the train will roar west across the Marceline Sub for the 217 mile trip to Kansas City, MO, which will is... (more)

The Southwest Chief rolls east on Main #1 as it rounds up a eastbound BNSF freight at Baring. Here the train passes under the classic Santa Fe signal bridge in danger of replacement with the new P... (more)

The Southwest Chief rolls west towards Kansas City. #4 is only about 10-15 minutes from the station stop at La Plata, MO. Amtrak train can still operate at 90 mph across the Marcelline Sub with th... (more)

The Southwest Chief makes good times as they blast thru the small town of Elmer. This small town has the population of only 96, which was pretty quite this Tuesday morning. #4 is only a few minute... (more)

An eastbound Q-train rolls thru West Baring on Marceline Sub. West Baring is located 58 miles west of Ft. Madison, IA. These are the only untouched signal bridges with no new signals around them. ... (more)

At East Baring the night sky givens away to a meet of hotshot trains. New and old signals, east and westbound trains, and on and off rain showers may for a nice evening.

A westbound UP auto rack train blast west on BNSF trackage rights between Chicago and KC. This train had 2 units on the head end and a 70Ace in DP. It was a nice spring day as a patch dandelions a... (more)

Well the beginning to the end has begun on the Marceline Sub. Here at Argyle a westbound Z-train passes one the sets of new signals in service and the old ex-Santa Fe signals are turned. I was at ... (more)

On a sunny but chilly winter day, a westbound BNSF manifest train negotiates the curves through the countryside of Northern Missouri on the BNSF Marceline Sub 1/2/11.