At sunset, potash train 730 crosses the trestle at Hammond River, New Brunswick.

The CN had trackage rights over the CP to the Valero plant near Floyd, IA, when it was built years ago but never bothered for the business. Renewed interest in Iowa and business got Valero to sign... (more)

The CN had trackage rights over the CP to the Valero plant near Floyd, IA, when it was built years ago but never bothered for the business. Renewed interest in Iowa and business got Valero to sign... (more)

A pair of SD60s on the Cedar River got me out for a midday chase south on the Osage Sub. This job most days runs with 1 unit. The past couple of weeks, traffic has been on the increase, and the jo... (more)

The CN ran their executive train out to Waterloo on March 28th. Along for the ride was a group from the IANR team seeing the sites. The train made awesome time as it traveled from Markham to Water... (more)

Lots of times 338 will wait for a CP train to clear the joint main at Dubuque. The CP runs over the CN Dubuque Sub between Wood and Dubuque Jct. to get through town. Here we have 338 stop waiting ... (more)

It is only cool for one day... That kind of sums up this move. This is the 1st time that CN ran power through to the IANR. The CN gave the IANR these 3 ACs a couple of days ago for the release ... (more)

The CN gave the IANR these 3 ACs a couple of days ago for the release of a 100-car-loaded soybean meal train out of Shell Rock Soy Processing at Butler. Now with the BUWA crew onboard, the train b... (more)

A pair of SD60s on the Cedar River got me out for a midday chase southbound on the Osage Sub. This job most days runs with 1 unit. The past couple of weeks, traffic has been on the increase, and t... (more)

A pair of SD60s on the Cedar River got me out for a midday chase southbound on the Osage Sub. This job most days runs with 1 unit. The past couple of weeks in October 2024, traffic had been on the... (more)

Working as the dock switcher for the yard at the harbor in Conneaut, Ohio, a pair of SD38's are hard at work shuffling ore, stone, and BFT cars around the yard using the L523 crew. This crew broug... (more)

An empty grain train for the Iowa Northern races along the Dubuque Sub just west of Independence. The train is 22 miles from the interchange point with the IANR at Waterloo. New soybean plants at ... (more)

CN locos brought in this morning by BNSF for rehab at Wabtec.

CN's geometry TEST train heads west across the Caramat Subdivision performing a spring check.

On a glory afternoon, CN train 401 is approaching Taschereau yard, its destination, and rolls by the former Turcot yard area.