The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard freight train hammers upgrade into the Winthrop Curves, hot on the heels of a G898. In somewhat odd move, the CN is shipping power back to Chicago today on this tra... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard freight train glides down grade into Manchester, hot on the heels of a G898. In somewhat odd move, the CN is shipping power back to Chicago today on this train. Iow... (more)

A loaded grain train out of Alta, IA, is stretched out in the Iowa countryside. Not much to do with this guy eastbound in the afternoon, but the FURX cars make for a nice white line over the Iowa ... (more)

338 makes the daily trek towards Kirk Yard with a noon departure out of Waterloo. Here the train passes over Prairie Creek just outside of Masonville, about 40 mile east of Waterloo. Not alot of o... (more)

Somewhat odd leader passes thru Dubuque on a southbound CP sand train. CP runs alot of these sand trains from the BNSF at KC to loading facilities around Tunnel City, WI, and then back to the BNSF... (more)

I forgot what a winter wonderland looked like this winter!!! I have had my drone since the end of January and I have hardly any photos with snow in it, the winter has sucked in the Midwest this ye... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train screams thru Independence as they cross over Wapsipinicon River. Most of the towns along the Dubuque Sub are at the bottom of hills due to the rivers... (more)

A late 337 is only 18 miles from its destination at Waterloo. This train came out of Kirk yard yesterday morning and problems caused it to be a daylight arrival at Waterloo. Nice to see the cowl u... (more)

The CN follows the Galena River up from Portage into Galena. A mile outside of Galena is this little pond where its nice and open for an eastbound in the afternoons. Here a loaded grain train work... (more)

With all the business coming back to the CN, the GE cowl units are out and running again. Lots of these units went into storage last fall and seeing one in Iowa was getting hard. The past couple ... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train drops down grade into Dyersville, 35 miles west of Dubuque. This 7100 foot train is running in 1x1 DP setup. The train is seen hers passing the Big R... (more)

After I got off work, I heard the CP train B39 tone up the CN RTC to get lights from Wood to Dubuque Junction. So I grabbed a shot of them passing by the CN depot at Jones Street, where I just lef... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard freight train is working down grade into Center Grove. The CN snakes its way down from Peosta into the Mississippi River Valley at Dubuque. Here the train crosses t... (more)

Westbound grain empties bound for loading at Knierim, IA, in western Iowa rolls out of Winthrop. The train has extra power and cars that will be setout at Waterloo. Winthrop is 30 miles east of Wa... (more)

While Iowa braces for another winter storm, the CN in Iowa has 3 trains on the Dubuque Sub trying to make it from A to B. Here a loaded grain train off the Osage Sub tops one of many grades on the... (more)