Soo 6026,6021 roll eastbound stacks at Clinton. For someone from Upper Michigan this was a sight that seemed very strange.

An eastbound UP stack train crosses the old Chicago and NorthWestern Mississippi River Bridge, passing from Iowa to Illinois. This swing bridge was built in 1909 and still sees very heavy use. A... (more)

Of the few opportunities I had this winter to go railfanning, I spent most of that time on the DM&E trying to catch blue and yellow lash ups, or at least a blue and yellow engine on the point. We... (more)

After completing their crew change at Clinton, the westbound M-PRCB charges out of town with the C&NW 8701 in the lead. The large ADM mill along the river in this industrial town dominates the bac... (more)

A UP Westbound leaves Clinton as they're about to cross Central Steel Rd.

The City of Cordova rests in Clinton Iowa along with DME 3800 idling away in a pocket track waiting for their next shift.

Being a railfan means ... finding beauty in a local switching job! An old yard warrior switches the Purina plant on a 70 degree November day.

I was just a few seconds too late getting to the overpass at the Clinton Yard to get a shot of a coal train coming into the yard for a crew change before it entered a shadow. I was frustrated tha... (more)

EMD's contribution to the NASA Mars Lander Project, recycled GP9's? An ADM remote control unit has finished for the day and faces into the setting sun.

Five minutes after sunset, clouds make the shot as ICE 6419 and DME 6365 lead a freight over Union Pacific tracks at the Fifth Street crossing in Clinton.

A very nicely timed meet occurs right at 5th Street with the end of a monster stack train, and the headend of M-PRCB. PRCB was the train we had been waiting for, with UP 3078 third id the consist.... (more)

An empty coal train gets moving westward, while eastbound produce sits waiting for the crew to get settled in for the journey to Chicago. Taken right around Midnight at the UP yard in Clinton, Iow... (more)

A North Platte, NE, to Proviso, IL, manifest train is about to cross the Mississippi River Bridge and from Iowa to Illinois. The train has just changed crews at Clinton and will now blast thru Ill... (more)

A westbound stacker rolls off the Mississippi River draw span. UP has a long term plan to replace this crossing with a new "fly-over" bridge with long approaches. A new crew change office will so... (more)

Catching the first rays of light, Nahant, IA to Bensenville, IL freight 272 crosses over the busy UP mainline during a break in traffic.