A Ft. Madison, IA, to the Norfolk Southern Interchange at Chicago, IL, stack train crosses over at Yost from main #1 to Main #2. These Ft. Madison trains are blocks of cars setout for the NS at Ft... (more)

The end of June was a stormy wet time for most of the state of Iowa. One of those nights the storms moved off to the east right at sunset to make this funky sunset light. The daily Waterloo, IA, t... (more)

37Q rolls thru the town of Marion with an ex-Union Pacific SD60 on the point. This train is running back to back between 22A and 201 due to a work gang and traffic getting backed up at Crockett. M... (more)

A healthy size 22A climbs the grade into Crockett. Crockett is located on the Pulaski District at MP 346. The Pulaski District runs from Walton, Junction with the Christiansburg District near Radf... (more)

38Q pulls out of the siding at Schuleen after meeting 15T. Schuleen is the east end of the siding at Marion. Marion is located on the Pulaski District at MP 364. The Pulaski District runs from Wal... (more)

Stack trains 22A and 23G meet at Crockett. Crockett is the longest siding on the Pulaski District at 9020 feet, which makes the dispatcher runs things alittle differently when they got couple of t... (more)

A loaded coal train grinds upgrade into Bluefield with 2 pairs of AC power. On the back of this coal train is 2 manned helper SD70Ace's. The train will pull into Bluefield Yard and get some fuel a... (more)

This empty oil day has called it a day. Here the train is parked at the west end of Milledgeville as the sun sets. BNSF ran about 5 westbound to flush the C&I, now it is time to run east out of Sa... (more)

Empty coal train accelerates from the control point at McCarr as 3 westbounds head to Williamson back to back. The trains are working around Maintenance of Way working thru the area on both tracks... (more)

Winter is holding around alot longer than alot of people care for it too. A small snow squall drops heavy snow as this U704 rolls east on the Dubuque Sub towards Chicago to interchange with the CS... (more)

This empty oil day has called it a day. Here the train is parked at the west end of Milledgeville as the sun sets. BNSF ran about 5 westbound to flush the C&I, now it is time to run east out of Sa... (more)

The daily Kirk Yard, IN, to Waterloo, IA, manifest train is actually alittle earlier than the normal on late schedule it has been on the past 4 months. The train almost made Waterloo in daylight, ... (more)

It is pretty crazy how much snow has fallen this year in northern Illinois. Alot of the roads are nothing but walls of snow on both sides that the county and state have had to spend alot of money ... (more)

The daily Kirk Yard, IN, to Waterloo, IA, manifest train is actually alittle earlier than the normal on late schedule it has been on the past 4 months. The train almost made Waterloo in daylight, ... (more)

With alittle snow over night and some strong winds, the Dubuque Sub east of Waterloo drifted in. The problem most days is getting a train over the line in daylight to get some shots. Well I kind o... (more)