The CN daily Waterloo to Chicago freight dashes thru our 1st snow fall for the winter season. Here the engineer hangs on as the train pushes him up to track speed thru one of the many hogbacks tha... (more)

The last couple mornings the fog has made the Iowa landscape fairly frosty. Lucky for me the 337 also has been couple hours lately which means they are still working to Waterloo at sunrise. Here t... (more)

Man the foreign power has been thru the roof this year on the CN in Iowa. It is hard to go out and work on CN power or get shots of it. Everything, and I mean everything, has run thru to Iowa. The... (more)

"Lots of color" has been a common theme all winter so far for the CN in Iowa. Seeing CN power some weeks is almost non-existence with the on going power shortage. Here the daily Waterloo... (more)

"Lots of color" has been a common theme all winter so far for the CN in Iowa. Seeing CN power some weeks is almost non-existence with the on going power shortage. Here the daily Waterloo... (more)

Snow hasn't stay around Iowa much this winter. Matter of fact the CN hasn't even thought about snow plows this winter. Few snow storms like this one dump have dumped a few inches and then it disap... (more)

Boy to see solid CN power in Iowa has been a challenge some weeks this winter. Here the daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard freight has 48 mph in hand over the HBD as they move freight east with a couple ... (more)

Business has been busy on the CN this late summer and early fall, and with that the CN has been alittle power short too. When the CN gets power short Iowa tends to get alot more foreign power than... (more)

A loaded grain train out of Alta, IA, is stretched out in the Iowa countryside. Not much to do with this guy eastbound in the afternoon, but the FURX cars make for a nice white line over the Iowa ... (more)

A late 337 is only 18 miles from its destination at Waterloo. This train came out of Kirk yard yesterday morning and problems caused it to be a daylight arrival at Waterloo. Nice to see the cowl u... (more)

I like these ex-UP SD9043's, but I can say I don't like them looking like this! NS bought a bunch of these UP units to rebuild them into SD70ACU's. Here run thru NS power is on this loaded eth... (more)

The CN has been on somewhat a painting spree the past year or so. Somethings definitely need paint, like these ex-LMSX Dash 8's that the CN have. They are junk inside and out! One leads a grain em... (more)

Independence doesn't have any scheduled jobs that work it during the week. So extra locals are sent out of Waterloo to keep the business moving. Here 25 loads of grain and an empty flat are on the... (more)

Grain season is in full swing in Iowa for the railroads. Lots of grain train are running between the Gulf and Iowa elevators, moving mainly soybeans. Here a loaded grain out of Ida Grove works ove... (more)

The daily Waterloo Yard to Kirk Yard manifest train rolls thru the big hogback near MP 256. Leading the charge today to a NS SD90, ex-UP. This motor came off the NS on run thru service on an empty... (more)