The snow is coming down hard as this load pulls down to CP 3811 to wait for the eastbound Amtrak's California Zephyr. CP 3811 is located on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub just east of Afton and 12 miles east of Creston, in southern Iowa. This crew will work towards Galesburg and the next crew change. This is a coal train from this Belle Ayr Jct., WY, bound to Rush Tower, MO, for Union Electric (UCEX).
