The Roadmaster told the crew there was a "big one" at MP 6. I have been running back and forth between Waterloo and Dubuque and haven't seen hardly anything, so I was alittle skeptical h... (more)
CN hadn't run anything on the Cedar Rapids Branch since 12/23. After a couple days of heavy wind and some snow from the last storm, the branch was drifted in pretty good in spots. An extra crew wa... (more)
Lots of times the CN in Iowa needs a 3rd unit, sometimes called a kicker, to get the tonnage over the grades east of Waterloo. Most days the consist is sent out as a 3-unit set, but sometimes a SD... (more)
CN hadn't run anything on the Cedar Rapids Branch since 12/23. After a couple days of heavy wind and some snow from the last storm, the branch was drifted in pretty good in a few spots. An extra c... (more)
An SD60 switches the North Yard of CN's Green Bay yard.
CN RJY30 enters the wye at CN Junction as it comes off the BNSF Thayer South Sub and proceeds south on the CN Memphis Sub passing over EH Crump Blvd in downtown Memphis.
Canadian National's RJY30 enters the wye at CN Junction as it comes off the BNSF Thayer South Sub and proceeds south on the CN Memphis Sub with a pair of SD60's leading the way.
All former SD60's now freshly painted in CN colors waiting there first assignments.
Draper Taper SD50F 5421 shows off her clean lines as she rolls along the siding at Conrad, south of Lytton
A nice consist (SD50F, SD40-2, SD50AF, GP38-2) comes screaming under the CP Belleville Sub with train 305 for MacMillian Yard.
CN 5421 sits at Thunder Bay North with IC 6001.
As the sun sets, this CN train goes about the long task of switching cars.
CN M337 moves past a clear as glass lake