The Manchester Turn out of Dubuque paces along the westbound traffic on highway 20 between Farley and Dyersville. This job does all the local work between Dubuque and Manchester and connects with ... (more)

The UP Katy heritage unit has been making its way back east towards Chicago on a ethanol train out of Arthur, IA. The train parked here for 12 hours at Manchester due to Chicago not handling the t... (more)

A 9000 foot U703 passes thru Jesup on CN Dubuque Sub at MP 261, 13 miles east of Waterloo. CN-AC power is getting fairly common here in the past 2 weeks in Iowa, as seen here with 3 CN 2800's trai... (more)

The daily Kirk Yard, IN, to Waterloo, IA, manifest train is actually alittle earlier than the normal on late schedule it has been on the past 4 months. The train almost made Waterloo in daylight, ... (more)

It is pretty crazy how much snow has fallen this year in northern Illinois. Alot of the roads are nothing but walls of snow on both sides that the county and state have had to spend alot of money ... (more)

The daily Kirk Yard, IN, to Waterloo, IA, manifest train is actually alittle earlier than the normal on late schedule it has been on the past 4 months. The train almost made Waterloo in daylight, ... (more)

An empty ethanol train bound for interchange with the Iowa Northern at Waterloo rolls over the sags between Jesup and Raymond. The train is 10 miles from the destination of Waterloo.

An empty grain train bound for Yetter, IA, has the 1st ever heritage unit to visit the CN Iowa Zone trailing as they pass thru Jesup. This train came out of the Gulf and will be loaded at Yetter w... (more)

A loaded ethanol train out of Marcus, IA, rolls east out of Waterloo towards Chicago. This train is just east of Raymond and will interchange with the CSXT at Hawthorne Yard in Chicago. CSXT run t... (more)

An rare daylight freight train move out of Waterloo, this X338 works east thru a winter wonderland. Here the train climbs the grade at Beth Siding, 30 miles east of Waterloo. BNSF wouldn't take a ... (more)

A westbound empty ethanol train rolls across northern Illinois destine for Marcus, IA. Here the train pass MP 142 on the Dubuque Sub between Warren and Apple River.

With alittle snow over night and some strong winds, the Dubuque Sub east of Waterloo drifted in. The problem most days is getting a train over the line in daylight to get some shots. Well I kind o... (more)

An empty ethanol train off the CSXT at Chicago, IL, climbs the grade out of Dyersville with run thru CSXT power 8887 and 9024. This train is bound for delivery to the Iowa Northern at Waterloo. Wi... (more)

The daily Kirk Yard, IN, to Waterloo, IA, manifest train hammers west thru the sag west of Independence. This train is about 20 miles from Waterloo. M337's in the month of January have been runnin... (more)

The Fond Du Lac, WI, to Waterloo, IA, extra manifest train hits a small drift west of Dyersville. The CN in Iowa has been extremely short of power this week, X337 and M337 today both have a bunch ... (more)