CN came up with an old odd ball leader for an empty Alden, IA, bound grain empty. The CN 5317 stood proud today leading a couple NS units on a nice sunny Saturday. Here the train passes over Prair... (more)
The Midwest has been stuck in this foggy pattern for the past 4 days. Unfortunately the sun hasn't come out much to light up the white countryside. Well today the 1st CN heritage unit to visit Iow... (more)
The daily Waterloo to Kirk yard manifest train rolls along the Dubuque Sub between Winthrop and Masonville. The train is about 35 miles east of Waterloo and enroute to Dubuque for the next work an... (more)
Getting BCOL barns to lead on CN is getting harder to do now days with PTC in service and all the new AC's the CN took delivery of. Around only 10 of them are in service starting the month of Febr... (more)
Normally ever spring a weed spray train runs across the Iowa Zone on the CN. Each year you never know what type unit CN will put on it for power. This year a nice treat was this GE cowl unit. Here... (more)
With heavy snow and strong winds on Tuesday night, the L567 local covered the CN 5455 on their Manchester turn. A clean unit was needed in Cedar Rapids today for the L563 local. So the crew cabbed... (more)
After I got done shooting a G888 at Masonville, I waited around for a lite power move behind them. As the wait carried on the sun barely popped out from the clouds as big thunderstorms dumped tons... (more)
A loaded ethanol train out of Arthur, IA, gets up to the 50 mph track speed as they make their way east between Beth and Masonville. The train will cool it's heels in 8 miles when they will head i... (more)
Well one of these odd ball 3000's finally made out to Iowa. These units were delivered as 3000's on the outside, but CN wanted them in the lower 2900's series, which the computer are programmed to... (more)
An empty ethanol train blows thru the east end of the siding at Beth. As you can see the Dubuque Sub is anything but flat between Waterloo and Dubuque. The elevators is the town of Masonville, 4 m... (more)
