What I believe is the only standard cab dash 8 on CSX now, this former Pan AM unit, made a tour to Iowa earlier this summer. Heading back to Chicago on 338, we nabbed it transversing the Winthrop ... (more)

The BNSF still operates about 100 miles of ex-MILW mainline in western Iowa. Bayard Local LHLA609 works 5 days a week out to Bayard doing local work. Here the job slowly heads back to Council Bluf... (more)

The Iowa Northern had leased some LLPX units to help out while their power gets PTC installed back in 2020 These units have been pretty common on the local Waterloo switcher during the day time. H... (more)

Westbound local freight rolls west on the Ottumwa Sub at Mt. Pleasant in southern Iowa. Scanned Slide from 9-03-94.

A bare table type train climbs the grade out of Ottumwa on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub. The train is working across the southern Iowa coal route from Lincoln to Galesburg. The 9003 became the CN 5446. ... (more)

A pair of SD70's lead this Englewood, TX, to South St. Paul, MN, freight that has slowed up for the curves and diamond at Iowa Falls. The train passes over the branch the UP that runs over to Alde... (more)

A local fisherman enjoys the fishing on this warm evening as this South St. Paul to Des Moines freight train slowly rolls over the Iowa River in Iowa Falls. The train is working south on the Spine... (more)

A local fisherman enjoys the fishing on this warm evening as this South St. Paul to Des Moines freight train slowly rolls over the Iowa River in Iowa Falls. The train is working south on the Spine... (more)

A Roseport, MN, to Pasadena, CA, coke train rolls down a very cold Spineline. While it might be sunny, it's around -20 wind chill. It was a pretty miserable day out taking photos. Don't see too ma... (more)

A Roseport, MN, to Pasadena, CA, coke train rolls down a very cold Spineline. While it might be sunny, it's around -20 wind chill. It was a pretty miserable day out taking photos. Don't see too ma... (more)

In far western Iowa, the UP has a secondary mainline that comes out of St. Paul, towards Sioux City, and onto Council Bluffs. North of Sioux City, the CN and UP have joint trackage that UP dispatc... (more)

The Moon Rises Over The Prairies As CP SD40-2 6030 Speeds East On The Taber Sub.

A hefty North Platte to Valley Park freight train pulls into Sioux City dead on hours. The train waited for the D&I to clear, and now crosses the BNSF and CN at the mix master diamonds in Sioux Ci... (more)

Local switching power at Sioux City on the BNSF. The power is parked at the northend of the yard where the Sioux City Sub meets the Marshall Sub. Kind of neat looking GP30 on the rear end.

Cloudy In Canaan. Amtrak Train 448 (Lake Shore Limited) was approaching State Route 22 in Canaan, New York as it threaded through the ponds and forests of the CSX Berkshire Sub/former Bosto... (more)