An Officer Special from Kansas City, MO, to Paducah, KY, rolls thru the cornfields of south eastern Iowa as they make their way east towards Galesburg, IL, the next crew change around 2 hours east... (more)

Early morning on the Ottumwa Sub finds this loaded coal train a few miles east of Mt. Pleasant. This train will head down the K-Line at Burlington, IA, towards St. Louis, MO. A full moon hasnt qui... (more)

A westbound empty is chasing Amtrak west out of Burlington, IA. This empty came off the Hannibal Sub at Burlington and just passed MP 231 as they come into Mt. Pleasant. This empty is only 26 mile... (more)

Nearing sunset as this local out of Ottumwa, IA rolls east. This local will stop at New London, IA here in a couple miles to pickup some cars off the Des Moines, IA to Quincy, MO local that were s... (more)

A Herzog Ballast Train rolls west towards Albia, IA to do some unloading. The train was parked overnight in the siding at New London, IA, about 8 miles back. The crew got out of New London ahead ... (more)