An early sunrise met June 22nd, but the sun didn't find its way out from behind the clouds until about 6:30am. The reverse of June 21st heavy eastbound tide saw westbound after westbound creep st... (more)

Love the stylistic reporting marks.

Afternoon at the west end of BRC Clearing Yard: a GP40-2/Road Slug pair await re-assignment and crew.

IC&E 4203 (nee SSW 7248) works the plants in Clinton.

AT&SF 2913 is fortunate to have a relatively high spot to sit in Ft. Madison Riverview Park. It's wading, but appeared to be free of real damage. After sunrise on the second longest day of the yea... (more)

About to hit the IC&E diamonds, a pair of BNSF skunk SD60Ms sandwich a C44-9W.

The caboose at the historic AT&SF Depot wades in Mississippi River water, while a Heritage I/II/III set creeps by as part of a constant parade of eastbound trains on July 21st. The W (whistle) si... (more)

A GP15-1/SD40-2 combo switches the west end of Global 3. That young corn is about to get a nice drink of rain.

A ballast train bound for the flooded areas around Gulf Port, IL and Burlington, IA, holds in downtown Monmouth, IL, awaiting maintenance dispatch. This subdivision was still Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Monmouth, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 7878
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 21, 2008

In the bright morning sunshine, a BNSF DPU pushes as a grain train gingerly treads the raised roadbed through Mississippi floodwaters. The caboose has water halfway up the wheels, and the depot m... (more)

The sun is shining and it's raining ... a refreshing little afternoon squall hits NS 7537 as it waits in line to cross the UP diamonds a few miles ahead. The headlight visible in the distance is ... (more)

The well-publicized CRANDIC bridge collapse ... this, despite the railroad's best efforts to anchor it with freight cars. Most other area bridges survived (except IANR’s Waterloo Bridge) ... al... (more)

Surreal and gut-wrenching ... almost like it stopped mid-collapse. I have no idea what kept this car from plunging, unless it was still coupled to the car below.

CRANDIC's downtown bridge over the Cedar River ... what a mess this will be to replace, if they even try. However, hope springs. The entire downtown area was abuzz with people cleaning up today.... (more)