The Manly to Butler job rolls past the classic ex-Rock Island depot at Rockford on the Manly Sub. The AM departure from Manly allows for easy shooting of this depot again. They will flip back at B... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew is southbound at Rockford. They pass the classic Rock Island depot with the old-school ex-BN GP9 leader. The IANR used these ex-BN for a while until they got their G... (more)

The CN had trackage rights over the CP to the Valero plant near Floyd, IA, when it was built years ago but never bothered for the business. Renewed interest in Iowa and business got Valero to sign... (more)

The CN had trackage rights over the CP to the Valero plant near Floyd, IA, when it was built years ago but never bothered for the business. Renewed interest in Iowa and business got Valero to sign... (more)

A pair of SD60s on the Cedar River got me out for a midday chase south on the Osage Sub. This job most days runs with 1 unit. The past couple of weeks, traffic has been on the increase, and the jo... (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)

Lots of times 338 will wait for a CP train to clear the joint main at Dubuque. The CP runs over the CN Dubuque Sub between Wood and Dubuque Jct. to get through town. Here we have 338 stop waiting ... (more)

This eastbound coal train is struggling to make its way out of the Maquoketa River Valley 28 miles west of Dubuque. The grade out of Dyersville is the toughest on the Dubuque Sub between Waterloo ... (more)

Only a consistent mother could love. This was the CC I remember growing up. Mixed match piles of junk, hoping the couple would be running at the other end. An empty coal train is rolling through E... (more)

My mother and I made a lot of trips to Galesburg when I was in my teens. The place had plenty of action, and one could see just about anything. Railroad Days became a favorite of ours too. Here a ... (more)

The American Orient Express (AOE) was a privately owned, ultra-luxurious passenger train that operated in conjunction with Amtrak from 1994 until 2008. Its lineage can be traced back to the Americ... (more)

Had to laugh when I saw this TTOX 2-wheel flatcar head out on this KC to Chicago freight train. You can hardly have one of these on a light power move anymore. Back in 1994, things seemed a little... (more)

CTC Yost on the Chillicothe The Sub was always a great afternoon place to watch hot Santa Fe action. One could get a great photo of classic Santa Fe signals while westbound trains would have about... (more)

This is how I grew up loving the Santa Fe. Trips to Galesburg for "Railroad Days" in the 90s with my mother got me hooked on Galesburg. Seeing consists like this screaming along to the C... (more)

An eastbound intermodal train drops down grade east of Edelstein into the valley at Chillicothe. 4 big blue and yellows power this train on the ATSF Chilli Sub back in the early 90s. Scanned s... (more)