The Spencer, IA, to Mason City, IA, local has just arrived Mason and has setout their 4 SD40-2's to the yard. Now the crew will go grab the decked out/washed CP SD60's at the roundhouse and put th... (more)

Westbound empty coal train races west as sunrise. The train is on main #1 between New London and Mt Pleasant. 60 miles west of Galesburg, IL.

Mason City, IA, to Kansas City, MO, manifest train races east at sunset at MP 53. This train is about 53 miles west of Marquette, IA, the next crew change and work. The 4 units are working hard on... (more)

The L510 has a good size train today for the Wisconsin Southern. Here the crew shoves the 1st yard track to the limit. The engineer peaks out the window to get a better feel to where he is shoving... (more)

Loaded ethanol train out of Lawler, IA, rolls east at MP 37 at sunset. 3 Union Pacific units power this train 37 mile from Marquette, IA. This is one of my favorite places for sunsets. Shot many s... (more)

The Galesburg, IL, to Kansas City, MO, manifest train has a pair of NS run thru motors as they make their way thru northern Missouri towards KC.

Northbound Cedar River local works towards the next stop at St Ansgar as the sun peaks over the morning clouds. This job today has what getting to be an unusual consist for Iowa. IC 6201 has been... (more)

Iowa Northern's Garner Job heads north at sunset towards Forest City. This is IANR new line they bought from the Union Pacific who wanted to abandoned the line. This is the 1st train since spring ... (more)

CP train from Kansas City, MO, to Mason City, IA, rolls west towards Mason City at MP 74, 4 miles west of New Hampton. The train has topped one of many 1% grades along the line thru northern Iowa.... (more)

Sunset on the prairies, seen here as a loaded coal train pounds east near the small town of Urbana. This is the Jamestown sub that runs from Mandan, ND, to KO Jct, near Fargo, ND.

Eastbound CP freight at Sunset at Morse. Morse is located at MP MP 74, or 74 miles west of Moose Jaw on Swift Current Sub.

Canadian Prairie's sunsets can be so impressive. As seen here looking west at Stony Beach on CN's Central Butte Sub. The Central Butte Sub runs between Regina and Moose Jaw. This is one of the bet... (more)

A SD90 leads 3 Geeps back towards Moose Jaw at sunset about 8 miles north of Assiniboia. K31 made a Assiniboia Turn today out of Moose Jaw bringing down 201 empty cars for the elevators around Ass... (more)

A short manifest train rolls eastbound on the busy Willard Line near Deshler. After sunset these thunderstorm tops in the south light up in a nice pink color for a few minutes.

Only a few minutes from sunset, the sun still has alot of punch to it. With not much atmosphere tonight, the last couple minutes of sunlight shines bringing all the glint and color with it. It is ... (more)