What I believe is the only standard cab dash 8 on CSX now, this former Pan AM unit, made a tour to Iowa earlier this summer. Heading back to Chicago on 338, we nabbed it transversing the Winthrop ... (more)

The Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train climbs over the 1st hill in the Winthrop Curves. The train is sporting a trio of SD70's today as they drag 9400 tons of Iowa freight east. Non-AC power is ... (more)

The GTW Heritage unit for CN made a visit to Iowa on 337/338. Here, the motor heads back to Chicago on a heavy 338. Lucky for us, a GTW blue GP38 also got an invite for the trip to Dubuque. 338 is... (more)

CN daily manifest train 338 worked east on the CN Dubuque Sub with 10,000 tons of Iowa traffic for the east. Here they swing thru Winthrop curves as the weigh bring them down in speed. The train i... (more)

CN had it in their minds that scenes like this in Iowa might be a common thing earlier in 2021. Looks like now that won't be the case. KCS power had been coming to Iowa alot this fall. Hell this 3... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk manifest twist around into the Winthrop curves with 7600 feet of train. The train starts into the curves at 40mph with the permanent speed restriction, but will get down... (more)

I headed on 2/15 in hopes for more drift action. 337 and 703 had left Dubuque after sunrise on a bitterly cold day. The low at sunrise was around -15 with wind chills well above the -30's. Unfortu... (more)

CN finally found some people and power to run an extra plow job out of Waterloo. The crew is working drifts on the Dubuque Sub to Manchester and the Cedar Rapids Sub to Cedar Rapids. The drifting ... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest twist around the Winthrop curves with 7600 feet of train. The train starts into the curves at 40mph with the permanent speed restriction, but the train wil... (more)

Back in late 2018 the CN continued to get rail in place In Iowa as the fall was approaching. The CN had over 57 miles of replacement steel they wanted to get in before winter. This rail train is h... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train drifts downgrade into the Winthrop Curve area. The engineer has the units in heavy dynamics as they cross Pine Creek. Grades are pretty tough thru th... (more)

With winter in full force in 2020, Iowa doesn't see alot of the newer AC locomotives. That stuff tends to stay on the busier mainlines for the AC/DP needs. This AC did make it out here to Iowa on ... (more)

With winter in full force, Iowa doesn't see alot of the newer AC locomotives. That stuff tends to stay on the busier mainlines for the AC/DP needs. This AC did make it out here to Iowa on X337 and... (more)

Snow has been hard to come by so far this winter. So with a snow storm overnight and a rare 3 westbounds out of Dubuque morning, we setout for the morning to do some Dubuque Sub action. An empty g... (more)

A loaded ethanol train out of western Iowa fights the grades around Winthrop Curves. A nice leader heads up this train bound for interchange with the NS in Chicago. The train is currently working ... (more)