An extra from Waterloo is making a Geneva Turn on the Ackley branch today. The train is south of Faulkner on their way back south towards Ackley with 25 grain out of Geneva. This line hasnt seen m... (more)

IC&E's mainline through Davenport sits about 20 feet underwater at its lowest point under the Government Bridge. As a result, the ICEE is detouring some Nahant traffic over to the BNSF from Savan... (more)

The Regular Merchandise Train from St. Paul - Kansas City is about to enter the quiet town of New Albin, IA.

LTZ 56 creeps across the high bridge at Ft. Dodge at 10 mph. Built in 1901 for the Chicago Great Western this bridge sits 182 feet over the Des Moines River. The local is heading back to Eagle Gro... (more)

Daily Merchandise Train from St. Paul - Kansas City heads south on the Marquette Subdivision south of New Albin, IA. The crew will pick up 9 cars off the Kains siding a few miles south.

KCS 4027 leads a combined FKCMC-MMQMC at the bottom of Calmer Hill (the begining of the grade can be seen midway through the train).

Crossing the Little Turkey River

A UP stack train races east on the ex-C&NW main line across Iowa, passing over what was once the Rock Island main line from Minneapolis to Kansas City, now also part of the UP.

Regular Merchandise Train from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL crosses the Mississippi River.

Regular Merchandise Train from Chicago Clearing - Huron, SD. The splash in the water to the right of the bridge is a kid that had climbed to the top of the bridge (not the bridge deck, but the ve... (more)

Unit Ethanol Train from Charles City, IA - Chicago Clearing Extra crossing a typical muddy Midwest River.

The BNSF delivered this empty grain train to East Dubuque, IL from the west. After the power was run around to the west end of the train, a CN crew took it west across the Mississippi River Bridg... (more)

A 7,900 foot extra Nahant to Kansas City Manifest train is about to start pouring on the coals to start the tough climb out of the river valley towards Moravia, IA. The train is crossing the far w... (more)