The California Zephyr blast east enroute for Chicago. The next stop is at Osceola about 20 miles ahead. They pass the small town of Murray on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub in southern Iowa.

A lone DP unit is shoving hard on the back of this Gateway, IA, loaded coal as they creep up the .6% grade thru town. The local post office was just opening up and their 1st task was to clear the ... (more)

Eastbound coal train leans into the curve just East of Murray, Iowa.

Warbonnet BNSF 8230 leads an empty coal train west towards the setting sun through the big curve east of Murray, IA on BNSF's Creston Sub.