Late spring snow comes to Essex, while helpers and local units idle overnight.

An eastbound with a leaser on the point appears out of the fog and enters the yard at Glenwood East. Click here to see this locat... (more)

Well Mother Nature is doing her best to make railroading on the Omaha Sub as hard as it can be. Here 4 units wasnt enough power to get thru this drift at MP 408. All 4 units are having different s... (more)

Well it has been over 8 years since the CN has any type of plow equipment in Iowa other than wedge plows to fight winter. Here the Jordan is nose plowing down the Omaha Sub working towards Ida Jct... (more)

Well L572 isn't going anywhere for the next 20 hours. Contractors are working at MP 385 1st digging lite power out and then they will travel down here to work on digging this train out next. We ar... (more)

After contractors worked all night to dig this train out, the CN is now working on getting this train out of here. The head 3 units were brought out to assist the 4 that are packed in here and now... (more)

Life for the CN west of Ft Dodge the past week hasn't been any fun. Power going bad orders all over and a couple stuck trains has the CN scrambling to keep the railroad running. Here lite power se... (more)

In extreme cold and icy conditions, a northbound heads thru Dead Ox Hollow on the Rathole. The ice formations made quite a sight in the many deep cuts along this stretch.

CSXT 4528 pulls into Dock Siding amid heavy snowfall .

One of the crew members of NS J1J arrives at the yard office as their yard engine, NS 3101 idles on the pit awaiting their arrival.

Blizzard conditions & near zero visibility this morning as D&H 252 dashes through snow drifts near the Canada/U.S border. Thanks to my reliable "oil burner" Ford F350...

After cutting off their train at Remsen, the Sioux City, IA, to Ft Dodge, IA, local blast thru the snow drifts on Remsen Hill, near MP 472. This job is the 1st train since 12/24, alot of snow and ... (more)

The Butler to Adams local works its way west on a snowy saturday afternoon. With the rain we got the past couple days in milwaukee I was happy to finally see some snow.

Dashing through the snow...after not seeing a train in almost 2 days, the Grand Rapids Local has the honors of opening up the Lakes Sub north of Carlton after the Twin Ports area received 2 feet o... (more)

Northbound at speed on the former DW&P in falling snow, which is adding to the 2 feet the Twin Ports area has received over the past 3 days.