Classic IC power heading past the last wig-wag on this stretch of railroad. The CN conductor is ringing up the BNSF La Crosse Dispatcher seeking permission to get on the BNSF double-track at Port... (more)

These 107 empites came out of storage at Freeport, IL and are heading for loading at Knierium, IA. The 3 BNSF units in the middle are off a Williams coal train, the rear GTW was the taxi to get ou... (more)

Regular Merchandise Train from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL.

Regular Merchandise Train from Chicago, IL - Waterloo, IA goes through the S-curves east of Galena.

Regular Merchandise Train from Chicago, IL - Waterloo, IA negotiates the s-curve just east of Galena, IL.

The first solid unit ethanol train to move out of Iowa on the CN passes over one of the twin bridges near Menominee on the BNSF Aurora Sub. CN traffic bound for Chicago runs on the BNSF between E... (more)

Regular Merchandise Train from Chicago, IL - Waterloo, IA goes through the S-curves just before crossing under Stagecoach Trail.

After meeting its eastbound counterpart at Scales Mound, IL and a crew change at the Galena Depot, the daily Chicago - Waterloo Merchandise Train heads towards Dubuque, IA.

Intermodal Stack Train from Tacoma, WA (Export) - Chicago, IL (Corwith Yard) heads east towards Savanna, IL.

Regular Merchandise Train from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL heads east on BNSF Main 1 (former IC) towards home rails at Portage.

BNSF crew takes a CN grain train to Centralia, IL.

A hot intermodal kicks up a little snow as they fly toward Chicago.

Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL Freight Train heading to home rails at Portage. They passed their westbound counterpart in East Dubuque on the BNSF double track.

Chicago, IL - Waterloo, IA Freight Train with an all-black (and no yellow frame stripes!) engine consist: IC 1020, IC 6007, IC 1033, IC 6004. A pretty rare occurence these days - as is the wig-wa... (more)

Chicago, IL - Waterloo, IA Freight Train with an all-black (and no yellow frame stripes!) engine consist: IC 1020, IC 6007, IC 1033, IC 6004. A pretty rare occurence these days.