Final got a new paint UP unit leading. Not that I'm a fan of them, but its the changing times and they are clean. A pair of them lead the afternoon Z-train across Iowa on the UP Clinton Sub. Here ... (more)

I was ailttle surprised to see a couple SD70M's charging this hotshot Z-train from Global 1 to Brooklyn Yard in Portland, OR, westward. Here the train makes its normal afternoon/evening run across... (more)

This old Ford pickup truck was angled weird to the tracks last time I shot it. I seen today the owner has her out in the open now and in alot better angle for the tracks. I stood around and waited... (more)

Tanks a lot! 6 axle flatcars are rare, even more so when there are tanks aboard. DODX 40284 is part of a westbound CNW freight as is rumbles thru Blairstown, IA in May of 1991.

An empty baretable train passes thru the small town of Blairstown along the UP's East-West main in Iowa. The train about 106 miles west of Clinton.

An eastbound coal train makes their way east at sunset. The train is passing thru Blairstown, which is located 20 miles west of Cedar Rapids in central Iowa.

Detour do to the pier blowing up wrong and messing up the track on BNSF's new span in Burlington, Iowa, UP was nice to put something cool on for the trip across Iowa and Illinois I CNW's ATC cab s... (more)

Wont be long before the corns to high to shoot shots like this.

Under "juicy" skies and a strong southwest wind, the crew of this eastbound Wisconsin Electric unit coal train might be mindful, too, of the threat of a tornado. Not too many places to hide a tra... (more)

An EB UP stack train passes the grain elevator in Blairstown, IA.