On a rainy day in July 1981, Union Pacific EMD GP40X Nos. 9000 and 9001 sit at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Easily seen in this photo, flared radiators are distinctive feature of the GP40X. Experimental ... (more)

A pair of GE's leads BNSF's Galesburg to Des Moines manifest as it cruises past the station sign at Sheahan, Iowa on the Des Moines Sub. With a short train in tow, the train easily makes track spe... (more)

With an especially dirty CP AC4400 on the point, a southbound oil train makes its way into the yard in Ottumwa, Iowa where it will take the siding for a crew change and locomotive fueling. The tra... (more)

A BNSF Chicago to Kansas City intermodal train cruises along the banks of the Mississippi River in Fort Madison, Iowa shortly after crossing the river from Illinois. In the background is the bridg... (more)

Iowa Railroad GE U28B 22 sits at the roads yard In Council Bluffs Iowa on a nice day in June 1984

Running outside its typical time, the only intermodal train across the Ottumwa Subdivision heads west through Chillicothe, Iowa and splits a pair of coal trains at CP 288.8. On the left, E CLOBTM0... (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)

A pair of Dakota and Iowa units work the south end of the small yard at Hawarden.

DAIR 3030 leads the Northbound road freight at Elk Point, IA.

Running with 2x2x2 distributed power, BNSF loaded coal train C ATMOTL0 13B grinds upgrade as it approaches Albia, Iowa on the split mains of the BNSF Ottumwa Sub. BNSF 5999 and 9935 bring up the r... (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)