A new Tier 4 GEVO leads a westbound stacker across the Mississippi River bridge

UP 2630 fresh with a new crew hauls westbound on the UP Transon

UP 2630 is just coming off of the Mississippi River Bridge, destined for a crew change at the Clinton pad.

Shortly after the UP Mississippi River swing bridge closes from letting a northbound barge pass, UP 8173 brings a westbound Z Train across into Iowa where the crew will be swapped out and the trai... (more)

Due to the down turn in traffic this summer (2016), Union Pacific has stored many locomotives at various locations across their system. Here we see 45 plus units waiting for the call back to duty.

UP 7776 leads a long intermodal splitting the small town of Calamus

A 1x1 auto train from the IHB at Gibson Yard, IN, bound for North Platte, NE, blast thru CPU 100 at Watkins. The train is about 20 mile west of Cedar Rapids as it makes its way thru central Iowa o... (more)

The NS Elkhart, IN, connection to the UP at Chicago, IL, makes its way across Iowa enroute to North Platte, NE. Seen here crossing the Wapsipinicon River about 35 miles west of Clinton.

A short Oakland Z-train has just passed thru the town of Belle Plaine in central Iowa. The train is 117 miles west of Clinton, IA. This is the 3rd westbound Z-train making its way across Iowa in t... (more)

On the long days of the summer, one can see a small parade of westbound Z-trains in the late afternoon leave Clinton. Here ZG1BR has just pass thru CPU 108, west of Blairstown. The train is 108 mi... (more)

On the long days of the summer, one can see a small parade of westbound Z-trains in the late afternoon leave Clinton. Here ZG1BR has just rounded up the ZG2LT just west of Blairstown, CPU 108. See... (more)

UP ran a special from St. Louis to Council Bluffs. For this trip they actually got some decent power for the 12 car train. Here they poke around the curve at West Marshalltown prepared to crossove... (more)

A Union Pacific Engineering Inspection train slows to a stop at the crew change pad in Clinton to exchange managers on the rear car "Fox River." The head-end crew changed at Hwy 84 on t... (more)

Most locomotive tinted cab windows are sealed tight these days for security and climate control reasons, so it was a pleasant surprise when I later returned home to process this image and noticed ... (more)

As the sun sets, a Grain Train pulls hard out of Council Bluffs.