Crazy how unit trains sometimes come in fleets to the Iowa Zone. This is the 3rd empty ethanol train to run the past 16 hours out of Hawthorne. An empty bound for Tara, IA, rolls between switches ... (more)
Hasn't been alot to shoot around the house this year for winter stuff. However today produced a nice winter scene as sleet and freezing rain coated everything. The boys had a day off from school s... (more)
G888 off the Iowa Northern at Waterloo is stopped to meet and swap crews with a U703. The crews are Dubuque and Waterloo crews, so instead of running across the Dubuque Sub and cabbing home, the c... (more)
The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train passes thru Jesup on the way to Chicago. The sun is trying to sneak thru the fog to light up this amazing frosty scene. The train will make the trek ... (more)
An empty grain train bound for Alden, IA, pulls into the siding at Jesup to meet M338. The train is working west on the Dubuque Sub on this foggy/frosty morning. Kind of odd to see a SD60 leading ... (more)