The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 at the 3rd highest crest on recor... (more)
It was pretty crazy the consists the Santa Fe would put together for their automotive trains in and out of Chicago. Sets of geeps was common in the mid-90's. Also they would throw stuff like this ... (more)
Fort Madison was an early favorite stop in my Santa Fe days. It was cool to see the trains come in for crew changes and depart. Here a 4 pack of Warbonnets begins the trek towards KC fresh off a c... (more)