After a three way meet at Kittridge, 471 heads west past the old Milwaukee Road box car which now used to store supplies.

This is where the old IC Gruber Line flew over the Milwaukee Road at Forreston. Today, just the embankment of the old ROW is left.

273 heads off into the sunset for Savanna.

ICE 6456, the City of Kansas City, will be the 5th motor back on an eastbound freight. Snoot nose ICE 6456 started out life on the UP in '78.

273 makes a quick stop in Leaf River to pick up 2 and set out 1.

Westbound Bensenville - Nahant road freight hits the Illinois Railway diamonds at Davis Jct.

Westbound ICE train blasts through Kirkland.

470 and 471 crews have swapped trains at Ossian and here 470 takes off for east as the engineers rolls up his track warrant so 471 can get out the west end of the siding to head towards Mason City... (more)

The Huron, SD, to BRC Clearing Yard in Chicago, IL, freight train has these ponies in notch 8 as they work up the 1% grade leaving Lawler. There is not much for snow from the latest snow storm, bu... (more)

An empty KCS grain train #361 pulls to the west end of the New Hampton Siding as 470 pounds upgrade into New Hampton for the meet. There is only 2 sidings on the 117 miles long Mason City Sub betw... (more)

471 is passing MP 63 and passing the power for an outbound 634 Lawler Ethanol Train. There is an crew enroute from Mason City to take the train east to Marquette behind 471 and ahead of 578 who is... (more)

Heavy large snow flakes are falling on the back side of the Winter Storm Q, as this 471 rolls thru west towards Mason City with a short train. This train came out of the BRC Clearing Yard in Chica... (more)

Snow in Iowa has become somewhat a rare event in past 2 winters. Here 470's crew wheel slips thru the snow as they try to pull this tonnage up the 1.4% grade west of Calmar. The engineer has back ... (more)

The Huron, SD, to Chicago Clearing Yard, IL, freight train rolls thru the small town of Ft. Atkinson at MP 48. The next 5 miles will be a full plate for these 3 SD40's and the 10,000 tons of freig... (more)

The Huron, SD, to Chicago Clearing Yard, IL, freight train has just departed Mason City for the 117 miles trip to Marquette. Here the train tops the grade at MP 110 a few minutes after sunrise. It... (more)