An empty Dyersville Big River ethanol train pulls out of the siding at Dyersville after meeting 338. The crew is only 2 miles from the train's destination. They cross the North Fork of the Maquoke... (more)

For the first time in over half a decade, an Illinois Central "deathstar" SD70 lead an eastbound train on the CN Iowa Division. After coming in on a grain train the previous night, the p... (more)

L565 is seen west of Dyersville, along old US 20 towards Manchester. They will then run light engines back to Dubuque

CN's M338 on the foggy and frosty morning of Sunday, January 3, 2021. CN 8862 (SD70-2) leads the train, followed by CN 2434 (C40-8M), IC 6200 (repainted SD40-3). The dense (at times) fog made for ... (more)

CN 5641 leads a empty ethanol train for the Big River Ethanol plant near Dyersville, Iowa. Here they're seen pulling ahead preparing to shove their train into the ethanol plant, which is to the ri... (more)

The CN ran their Geo Train across the Iowa Zone at the end of April. Usually the CN uses the RDC type test car CN #1501, but this time it was the train. Here the train heads back to Chicago testin... (more)

A 3 pack of EMD SD75is, number 5775 in the lead, blast through small town of Dyersville, Iowa with U708 behind them. The 1889 built Basilica of St Francis Xavier Church still stands tall in the fo... (more)

The GTW pair of small GP9's has been on and off the Dubuque local jobs all winter. Today the 565 local had a big train so they took these small geeps with them for extra power on their Manchester... (more)

With downtown Dyersville done, the L565 local heads west with the next stop in 3 miles at the Big River Ethanol Plant. Here the job crosses the North Fork of the Maquoketa River. The beautiful Bas... (more)

With a big 60 car train and work at Peosta, Farley, Dyersville (2) Delaware, and Manchester, this job has a huge task ahead of them today. This job came out of Dubuque and will make a Manchester T... (more)

Well this morning was a classic example how working for the railroad and taking pictures are at the complete ends of the spectrum for me. After spending 10 hours on a all night M337 from Chicago t... (more)

After spending 10 hours all night on this M337 from Chicago to Dubuque, I decided to stay up follow the train home from Dubuque thru sunrise. 1st thing was this meet at Dyersville with M337 and G8... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train drops down grade into Dyersville, 35 miles west of Dubuque. This 7100 foot train is running in 1x1 DP setup. The train is seen hers passing the Big R... (more)

This loaded ethanol train out of Marcus, IA, is bound for interchange with the NS at Chicago, IL. Here the train drops down hill into Dyersville. With the grades on the Iowa Zone, minimum 8000 hor... (more)

The local out of Dubuque to Manchester and back is doing work at downtown Dyersville. Here the local is working on picking up empty bulkhead flats off the house track as a local trucker loads his ... (more)