CN now days is in love with their new AC locomotives, and most of the core trains get them. If you get away from the core manifest trains, the bulk trains can sometimes round up some interesting p... (more)

An empty ethanol train rolls thru East Jesup on the way to Sioux City, IA, for interchange with the DAIR. Seeing snow this winter has been few and far between in Iowa. Nice to see 7-10 inches with... (more)

Snow in Iowa has been something not seen much this winter. Only the 2nd snow storm ends 2015 with 7-10 inches around the Waterloo area. Here the show goes on as 338 fights the elements enroute to ... (more)

Grain season is in full swing in Iowa for the railroads. Lots of grain train are running between the Gulf and Iowa elevator, moving mainly soybeans. Here an empty grain bound for loading at Alden,... (more)

Grain season is in full swing in Iowa for the railroads. Lots of grain train are running between the Gulf and Iowa elevator, moving mainly soybeans. Here a loaded grain out of Ida Grove works over... (more)

GE has begun its delivery of the new Tier 4 GEVO's to CN. The new AC's will be numbered in the 3000's series and M337 has one of the brand new units leading on the way to Waterloo. The train is pa... (more)

M337 is ready to blast off for Waterloo after doing their work at Dubuque off #1 track. On #2 track is the Dubuque switcher power, L586. On the lead is L565's power who will switch out M337's seto... (more)

The engineer on the daily Kirk Yard, IN, to Waterloo, IA, manifest train climbs back on his unit after giving M338 a rollby at West Beth. M337 is very late tonight and ended up meeting it's counte... (more)

The daily Kirk Yard, IN, to Waterloo, IA, manifest train pulled thru #1 track at Dubuque to do their work. L565's power is parked on the lead waiting for M337 to depart so they can build their out... (more)

The daily Kirk Yard, IN, to Waterloo, IA, manifest train pulls down #1 track at Dubuque to do their work. L565's power is parked on #4 track waiting for M337's setout so they can build their outbo... (more)

Most days the core trains of M337 and M338 run with the new GE-AC's in Iowa. You do however have to keep track of it at all times cause they do sneak a decent consist in from time to time. As seen... (more)

Westbound L565 accelerates out of Dyersville after doing work. This job works out of Dubuque over to Manchester and back daily. Lately it has been running with a pair of SD60's. Today they have po... (more)

A average size 6300 foot M337 snakes over the hogbacks west of Independence. The train is 18 miles from the destination of Waterloo as passes over the detector at MP 257. The train is chasing a G8... (more)

A hefty 9300 foot M337 snakes over the hogbacks west of Independence. Today's train has extra power for some unit trains coming out of Iowa over the weekend. The train is 19 miles from the destina... (more)

This empty ethanol train is bound for interchange with the Dakota and Iowa at Sioux City. The train came off the NS at Chicago, IL, and the power ran thru. This set of power will stand for a loade... (more)