A slot rock train swings around the corner at Chicago Jct onto the Spineline. The train came off the Clinton Sub eastbound and is now southbound on the Mason City Sub towards Des Moines. The train... (more)
The UP announced last month they will go to a new corporate scheme. The wings scheme will be going away in place of the shield on the nose again and the flag moved up to a stupid spot on the side ... (more)
UP's restored Big Boy is making its way back west towards the end of July after touring the Midwest. The train passed thru Iowa on July 30 thru August 2 on its westbound trip. The train laid over ... (more)
A Pekin, IL, from Midwest Generation at Powerton to North Rochelle Mine, WY, empty coal train rolls west on the UP Clinton Sub. The train passes thru small town of Chelsea in central Iowa. I was p... (more)
The mid-day hotshot out of Chicago has around 62-63 mph in hand as they work west into the setting sun. The crew on the train is 97 miles into their over 300 miles trip from the east side of Iowa ... (more)