A loaded grain train from Mexico, MO, bound for Mexico City, Mexico, twist upgrade out of Watts. The 2x2 Dp'd train is working over the 210 miles crew district from Pittsburg to Heavener. The trai... (more)

The afternoon local out to Manchester and back has an easy night ahead. Only 3 cars off 338 is what they have to run out. Since it is Sunday, they will not connect with any Cedar Rapids Job, so th... (more)

"Line for 2 track, kick EJE 703," the conductor on L586 commands to his engineer. A puff a smoke comes out of these 2 old girls and the tanks are off for a ride. The crew on L586 continu... (more)

About 7:30am on a cold Super Bowl Sunday morning, a westbound U705 broke a couple rails east and west of Jesup on the CN Dubuque Sub. The signal maintainer came out and found a couple 2 inch break... (more)

Crazy how unit trains sometimes come in fleets to the Iowa Zone. This is the 3rd empty ethanol train to run the past 16 hours out of Hawthorne. An empty bound for Tara, IA, rolls between switches ... (more)

On Christmas Even the CN got somewhat creative and ran a doubled up ethanol train instead of the normal 338 with Iowa freight traffic. The lack of people probably drove the decision? The train was... (more)

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)