CNW 4540 is in Oelwein Shops in the process of getting a chopped nose, new plow, major mechanical overhaul and a new paint job. C&NW had an aggressive program of revitalizing its large stable of G... (more)

UP's Big Boy excursion train crosses the Cedar River minutes before arriving at its overnight stay in Beverly Yard.

A new addition to the Cresco city park is a Milwaukee Road FP7 locomotive, box car and caboose.

Amtrak 171 departs Burlington with the Westbound California Zephyr and passes one of the old warehouses in town.

BUGX 4324 in SP black widow colors sits along the BNSF mainline in Burlington.

NP must have had a lot of passenger service in the 50s. They sure had a lot of "torpedo boat" keeps. Photo by unknown, from my collection.

CSXT 3194, the Spirit of Our Law Enforcement unit, thunders through Grand Mound, IA with an empty UP ethanol train after making a quick stop in Clinton for a crew change.

Loaded oil train heads south towards a crew change at Marquette, IA at first light.

Loaded oil train heads south towards a crew change at Marquette, IA at last light.

CN Local making its way back from Illinois after serving local industries.

A pair of GP's are hard at work on the east end of Union Pacific's Shortline Yard in Des Moines, Iowa pulling across a set of drainage culverts as they sort out blocks of cars.

Watching this ancient radial coupler approach a coupling with a modern railcar I am wondering how many times this incredible survivor has done this. I'm not much of a trolley fan but I love inter... (more)

Coming from Cedar Rapids with ethanol this train will take the east leg of the wye at South Amana, drop the SD38 helper and proceed east. Quite a grade on this ex-MILW? line. I wonder why they p... (more)

UP SD40N 1823 shoves a local across the Mississippi River bridge in Clinton.

A solo Union Pacific ET44AC leads a southbound loaded ethanol train as it departs from Des Moines, Iowa on the Trenton Subdivision. After getting the light across the Iowa Interstate and BNSF diam... (more)