One of the hottest trains on the Aurora Sub is this Chicago to St. Paul afternoon Z-train. This train has been called "Precious" by many dispatchers over the years. Here, high priority ... (more)

An EXO transfer from Sortin Yard to Pointe St-Charles Yard heads east with an F59PH for power.

Florida East Coast 148 smokes out the fields at Miami Locks on the point of a cane train on a sunny spring morning.

The outbound Texas Eagle arrives at Joliet Station to pick up passengers on a beautiful afternoon.

Electric cogwheel snow blower locomotive He 2/3 # 8 of the Rigi Railways (RB) in operation on Rigi Staffel. There is more snow than ever this winter towards the end of April. The three-axle locomo... (more)

The CN ran their executive train out to Waterloo on March 28th. Along for the ride was a group from the IANR team seeing the sites. The train made awesome time as it traveled from Markham to Water... (more)

Tried and tested, reliable snow clearing equipment of the Rigi Railways in use on Rigi Staffel. On the left, the snow blower locomotive He 2/3 # 8, built in 1930 by SLM and MFO for the Arth-Rigi R... (more)

On the Minntac sub heading north to the largest taconite processing facility in the world to load iron ore pellets.

Moving Cane. While the FEC 148 charter waits at the shops, this cane train sped by as one of the excursion crew waves.

UP 3095 brings up the rear of an eastbound manifest at El Casco.

A loaded coal train bound for Newton, IL, crosses the Illinois River at Beardstown. The train is working westbound (south) on the Beardstown line towards Centralia. There, the train will be interc... (more)

UPY GP15-1 733 leads a local East through Duluth, heading to Rice's Point Yard.

The K39 is working west on the Mason City Sub with a 10am crew out of Dubuque that won't make MC by 10 pm tonight. While the clouds sucked for the most part, it was just right here at Ossian!

A P42 awaits assignment at Capital Yard while a yard crew shuffles around with an F59.

The Iowa Railroad is about to Ackley with loads for the CN. This small-time operation works between Clives and Ackley on this old ex-M&St.L railroad. The job works mornings coming north with loads... (more)