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

I asked 338's crew yesterday what the drifts look like east of Waterloo. They said around Beth there was some small ones. I headed out today in the bitterly cold to shoot 338 blasting the drifts a... (more)

BNSF 254 leads Trn H-CLODEN northbound at Castle Rock, CO, with Pikes Peak looming in the distance. Strong winds across the top of Pikes Peak is causing snow to blow off the mountain. Feb 19, 20... (more)

Even during the middle of a severe winter storm in the Pacific Northwest that caused freezing rain in Oregon and heavy snowfall in Washington, it's business as usual for the railroad as BNSF SD75M... (more)

BNSF's transfer from Grand Forks, ND to Superior, WI crosses over Highway 2 about 4 miles outside of Grand Rapids, MN while heading east down the BNSF Lakes sub.

107 loads of soybeans from the Iowa Northern bound for Helvetia, LA, weigh down these 3 motors as they climb over "Little Raymond Hill" on the CN Dubuque Sub. The train is 10 miles out o... (more)

After passing through Grand Rapids, MN BNSF 251 and 252 continue east on the BNSF Lakes sub passing over the Prairie river with their manifest train in tow.

Long live the Warbonnet. With SD75M 205 in the lead. Four Superfleet's cruse eastward on the Santa Fe transcon. What a railroad it was.

An eastern Canada stack train rumbles across the Lake State diamond in Flint. The train is bound for Markham Yard in Chicago. Cool old signals still protect the diamond on the Lake State side. Onc... (more)

New Santa Fe EMD SD75M No. 213 leads an eastbound freight as it departs Becker siding east of Belen, New Mexico, on June 3, 1995.

A number of locomotives are stored in the A&M Yard in Fort Smith including former Santa Fe SD75M's now owned by Progress Rail.

Local 514, on the right, is waiting for E251 to clear the Holly Sub at Durand so they can head south towards Moterm. While waiting a westbound E275 slams by on MT#1 heading towards Battle Creek. T... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train pops out of the East Dubuque tunnel. The train has just departed Dubuque with a new crew bound for Hawthorne Yard near Chicago. The train then crosse... (more)

This fall heavy rains cause some serious issues on the Dubuque Hill near MP 189. The whole hillside gave out and fell towards the tracks in a landslide. That cause some problems with the heavy rai... (more)