The daily southbound St. Paul to Kansas City freight passes thru the small town of Mystic in southern Iowa. The train is working over the Laredo Sub from Ottumwa to Laredo. The train passes this u... (more)

The Savanna base local B67 is working Lyons Siding on the northside of Clinton. The crew comes out of Savanna and does a Clinton turn doing alittle bit of everything along the way. Next the crew w... (more)

I wandered into Clinton ahead of a show I had on Saturday. I figured I would do some flying around the ex-CNW Clinton Depot. If the UP ever gets going with their new Mississippi River Bridge plans... (more)

A local out of Davenport begin the task of climbing the Eldridge Spur towards Eldridge. Leaving the mainline at Waterworks this branch passes over an impressive wooden bridge. The lone geep has it... (more)

CP ran their tech train across the old GWWR on the KCS on 1/27 and 28. The train came out of Gateway Rail Services in St. Louis late 1/27 and ran to KC on the 28th. Last night the train made its w... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Ft. Dodge local stops at Ackley to setouts 2 cars in the house track. The cars are bound for the Iowa River Railroad, but the job tomorrow will deliver them. This job normall... (more)

An empty coal train heads back to the mine on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub. This empty is only a few miles into the trip, as they left plant at Chillicothe about 32 miles back. Next crew change at Creston... (more)

The West Burlington Shops was the heart of the BN heavy locomotive repair and rebuild dating back to 1883. The shops were closed in 2004 by BNSF and everything moved to Galesburg and other shops. ... (more)

These 2x2x2 unusual coal trains on the BNSF are a product of where the trains must go. These trains go to the CP at Ottumwa and on the CP they must transverse the 1.8% Rutledge Hill to get out of ... (more)

An empty coal train bound for the PRB rolls easily west thru Chariton in southern Iowa. The train is working west on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub from Galesburg, IL, to the next crew change point at Crest... (more)

An empty coal train bound for the PRB rolls easily west thru Chariton in southern Iowa. The train is working west on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub from Galesburg, IL, to the next crew change point at Crest... (more)

An empty coal train drop down grade out of Albia. the Ottumwa Sub mains are split here due to the grades in this area. The old way would not allow coal trains to take main #1 between Halpin and Ma... (more)

A pair of CLS trains would meet on the westside of Ottumwa on this fine Sunday evening. Here a loaded CLS crosses the Des Moines River about 4 miles west of Ottumwa with a nice clean ACe on the po... (more)

A 25th anniversary unit leads this empty working west from Galesburg to Lincoln and is about 110 miles from the next crew change point at Creston. Here they cross the Des Moines River about 4 mile... (more)