The only scheduled train around my parts runs in the morning eastbound and runs at night westbound. So finding evening trains requires and extra unit train or an extra. It doesn't happen much, but... (more)

The engineer on this loaded ethanol train left Waterloo about 10 miles back. Thru the ups and downs the train hasn't gone much over 40mph with the throttle in the left corner. In this sag the trai... (more)

A loaded ethanol train off the Iowa Northern at Waterloo is about 12 mile into their to Chicago. The train will be interchanged to the NS at near Fordham Yard for points either south or east. The ... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train is stopped waiting on a meet with lite power at Jesup. The snow was really coming down and the snow from the day before was still stuck to all the tr... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train is stopped waiting on a meet with lite power at Jesup. The snow was really coming down and the snow from the day before was still stuck to all the tr... (more)

Class 1's have really either retired or repurpose most of their SD40-2 fleet. CSXT and the SD40 fleet, rumors are always fly around that these old dogs maybe not long for the world, but one never ... (more)

The CSXT and NS have been running thru some interesting power to the CN lately. Also with the CN extremely power short the CN has been using anything they can get their hands on to run trains. An ... (more)

After meeting 338, 337 slowly pulls out of the siding at Jesup for the last 11 miles into Waterloo. This train normally see this territory in the very early morning, but problems in Chicago yester... (more)

A westbound IC freight train has one of everything with the IC/CN era beginning. IC SD40, 4 GTW Geeps, and CCP GP38 thrown in there for good measure. This was a good time on the Iowa Zone for awhi... (more)

I spent all night moving this train from Chicago to Dubuque. When I got home at 5am you could see that the sunrise was going to be spectacular due to some thunderstorms around and some interesting... (more)

Warmer temperatures on this winter day has caused some fog to set in as the daily Waterloo, IA, to Kirk Yard, IN, manifest train makes the trek east. Seen here on the east side of Jesup passing th... (more)

As traffic levels go down at the end of 2015 and new CN AC power arrives in 2016, alot of the older CN barns units have been put into long term storage. In February the SD60F's had only 13 or so u... (more)

A loaded ethanol train out of Arthur, IA, begins to slow up to head into the 10 mph siding at Jesup to meet M337. Here the train rolls thru the many hogbacks found on the Dubuque Sub. Jesup is the... (more)

A loaded ethanol train out of Arthur, IA, slowly pulls out of the 10 mph siding at Jesup. This train went in to let the M337 pass by on the main. Jesup is the 1st siding east of Waterloo. This tra... (more)

An empty ethanol train rolls thru East Jesup on the way to Sioux City, IA, for interchange with the DAIR. Seeing snow this winter has been few and far between in Iowa. Nice to see 7-10 inches with... (more)