The city of Independence has a decent railroad display on the northside of town. The Buchanan County Tourism Visitor Center has the Chicago and Rock Island Depot and the Illinois Central Depot res... (more)

This loaded 2x1 sand train fight the grade up into Ethel. The snow is falling and the train slowly leads the pack of westbounds. This train and 1 other will take main #1 west of here to Marceline,... (more)

Dynamics howl as 2 GEs blaze thru the small town of Elmer on the Marceline Sub. The 2 units fight snow on the rail as San Bernardino bound vehicles push the train at track speed down a .7% grade. ... (more)

Finding someone with priority isn't easy on the BNSF Transcon anymore. Everyone running main #2 here is barely kicking up any snow as they do all their might to go slow and conserve fuel. However ... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief races off from the station stop at La Plata. An odd mid-April snow storm in northern Missouri has everything coated in white. #3 left Chicago less than 5 hours ago and is ... (more)

The California Zephyr pulls into Omaha depot. The train is over 3.5 hours late, with a normal scheduled time into Omaha around 5 am. Trains on this route between Chicago and San Francisco have str... (more)

The CB&Q originally built across the Missouri Rive back in 1880. The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad had reached Plattsmouth in 1870 while working west from Creston towards Lincoln. The CB&... (more)

A combo ballast empty is parked in the siding at Rutledge on the CP Ottumwa Sub. The train will park til a 14:00 crew could take it to Nahant this afternoon. The train will spin power at Fruitland... (more)

A combo ballast empty rolls north on the CP Ottumwa Sub. The train has just crossed the BNSF Ottumwa Sub and now will climb the steep 1.8% grade to Rutledge. This inbound crew is taking this train... (more)

A combo ballast empty rolls north on the CP Ottumwa Sub. The train has just crossed the BNSF Ottumwa Sub and now will climb the steep 1.8% grade to Rutledge. This inbound crew is taking this train... (more)

The L528 local out of Joliet is in the clear off the Leighton Sub at Butterfield Center, MP 24. The crew has paper cars to spot and pull at WestRock and International Paper on this small lead outs... (more)

Even though the temperature started this morning below zero, the railroads in the Midwest are still in full PSR mode...well the best they can. Doesn't take long being around these railroads to hea... (more)

Lucky for us this 340 got held for a Metra at the Grayslake diamond. Here the 1x1 train is back on the roll as they passes over the Metra Fox Lake Sub south of Grayslake with traffic bound for the... (more)

The Wixom to Flint turn is southbound bound for Wixom with cars for the CSX. Here the job is working back up to speed after slow poking thru Holly and over the CN Holly Sub. The job is passing Sou... (more)

The CSX D711 local out of Flint is just about to enter the CN Flint Sub at Belsay after meeting M397. This local uses CN trackage from Flint to Port Huron to access the CSX Port Huron Sub. The job... (more)