A loaded coal train works upgrade towards Fairfield at sunrise. The train is currently working between Ottumwa and Burlington in Southern Iowa. This is the coal route out of Lincoln towards Galesb... (more)

This loaded coal train is bound for Calvert City, KY, for DTE Coal Services, via PAL Paducah, KY, to Jessup Grand River Barge Terminal. Here this train is on the BNSF side still in central souther... (more)

Eastbound Black Thunder Mine, WY, to St. Louis, MO, for Cajun Electric, is seen here passing an empty west of Fairfield. This train will take the Ottumwa Sub to Burlington, IA, then change crews a... (more)

With Fairfield behind this hopper, the next stop is Ottumwa to let Amtrak around them. With most of the Ottumwa Sub mainly ABS sometimes it is hard to get hot trains around all the slower trains. ... (more)