Stuff around Nelson on the UP's Geneva Sub still looks like the old days of the CNW. Cool ex-CNW style signals and a coaling tower liter this area few miles east of Sterling. Here a tiny Council B... (more)

Stuff around Nelson on the UP's Geneva Sub still looks like the old days of the CNW. Cool ex-CNW style signals and a coaling tower liter this area few miles east of Sterling. Here a Long Beach, CA... (more)

A loaded coal train for Oak Creek passing the classic CNW style signals at Cortland on the Geneva Sub. Nice looking AC leads the 2x1 coal train bound for Wisconsin. Not many of these style signals... (more)

An experience that took me back to my Calmar, IA, days at the IC&E...this southbound extra Belle Fourche job is down on their knees as they make the climb out of Sturgis. These 3 SD40-2's were pou... (more)

On Saturday the RCP&E cabbed a crew from Rapid City to Colony to finish up the night job's work and head south with 68 loads for Rapids. This is the far end of the old DM&E/CNW. This is the Black ... (more)

On Saturday the RCP&E cabbed a crew from Rapid City to Colony to finish up the night job's work and head south with 68 loads for Rapids. This is the far end of the old DM&E/CNW. This is the Black ... (more)

The 10 am rock train out of Dell Rapids has just finished splitting their power at Hudson. Now the crew will run to Chatsworth to tie the train down. A Sioux City crew coming with an empty train, ... (more)

The D&I rock train heads south from Hawarden with power now on both ends of this 85 car train. At Sioux City the train terminates in a stub yard so the train will be yarded with the power on the r... (more)

The loaded rock train out of Dell Rapids begins to slow down for their parking spot for the day here at Chatsworth. This crew came out of Dell Rapids after 11am and will park at Chatsworth for ano... (more)

A loaded ethanol train bound for the NS at Chicago, is stopped at the east end of Jesup, 15 miles east of Waterloo. Most ethanol trains come and go from Iowa with lots of run thru foreign power (j... (more)

A loaded ethanol train bound for the NS at Chicago, rolls over the Poyner Creek at Raymond, 6 miles east of Waterloo. Most ethanol trains come and go from Iowa with lots of run thru foreign power ... (more)

The FRA inspection train went across the CN on May 16-18. The train ran from Chicago out to Waterloo, and north on the Cedar River to Lyle to interchange with the CP. Here the job works thru Wate... (more)

Somewhat a normal afternoon tradition, is the Waterloo Switcher clearing up for the Oelwein job around Armour. Today the switcher got in the clear on the grease tracks at Tyson Foods. Now the Oel... (more)

Wished I had appreciated the baby boats on the Santa Fe mainline trains alittle more. Little geeps and baby GE's were common power for the secondary trains at the end of the Santa Fe in the mid-90... (more)

This Streator to Barstow freight train is passing MP 169 on the Chillicothe Sub. MP 168 is located between Williamsfield and Yost. The train is headed up by a bunch of yellow and blues along with ... (more)