The evening Manchester turn job has made good time across the Dubuque Sub with a short 13 car train. The train will setout at Manchester, and then do work at Dyersville and Farley on the way east ... (more)

A crew is about done with the air test on this 82 car train at the Big River Ethanol Plant on the westside of Dyersville on the CN Dubuque Sub. The crew will pull out and shove back to get the con... (more)

Traffic levels continue to be strong in the Cedar Rapids corridor. The L565 local from Dubuque to Manchester and back has a healthy train of Cedar Rapids loading tonight. 2 extra SD60's were added... (more)

Westbound empty ethanol train bound for Arthur has just departed the siding at Dyersville after meeting 338. The afternoon was productive as 3 westbound trains would leave Dubuque. This U703 is pa... (more)

A loaded DDG train bound for St. Louis passes this farmstead between Earlville and Dyersville on the CN Dubuque Sub. In about a hour a new crew will board this train at Dubuque for the next sectio... (more)

Westbound L565 accelerates out of Dyersville after doing work. This job works out of Dubuque over to Manchester and back daily. Lately it has been running with a pair of SD60's. Today they have po... (more)

This loaded ethanol train out of Marcus, IA, is bound for interchange with the NS at Chicago, IL. Here the train dips thru one of the many sags on the Dubuque Sub. With the grades on the Iowa Zone... (more)

Dubuque based job L565 is done with their Dyersville work and heads now towards Delaware for the next stop. The train is made up of only Cedar Rapids car bound L563 now. This job works out to Manc... (more)

The local out of Dubuque to Manchester and back is backing in at Big River Ethanol plant to setout some cars. This job works 6-7 days a week out of Dubuque and normally a nice afternoon chase with... (more)

The Manchester Turn out of Dubuque is done with the setout at Big River Ethanol, and now blasts westbound out of Dyersville with 21 cars for Manchester. This job does all the local work between Du... (more)

An empty ethanol train off the CSXT at Chicago, IL, climbs the grade out of Dyersville with run thru CSXT power 8887 and 9024. This train is bound for delivery to the Iowa Northern at Waterloo. Wi... (more)

The Fond Du Lac, WI, to Waterloo, IA, extra manifest train hits a small drift west of Dyersville. The CN in Iowa has been extremely short of power this week, X337 and M337 today both have a bunch ... (more)