A slot rock train swings around the corner at Chicago Jct onto the Spineline. The train came off the Clinton Sub eastbound and is now southbound on the Mason City Sub towards Des Moines. The train... (more)
Eastbound manifest rounds a curve just East of Nevada, Iowa.
Southbound waiting at Nevada,Iowa.
"36 cars to this point" Reads the sign for the COOP switching crews for placing grain hoppers. UP 6584 leads a westbound empty just west of Nevada.
UP 4879 leads the Proviso to Council Bluffs Road freight westbound west of Nevada right at the Heart of Iowa Coop.
UP 8214 leads a MP15AC and another SD90MAC South on the Spine Line towards Des Moines.
An eastbound coal rolls through early in the morning.
UP 7860 leads a very short trailer train through Nevada.
UP 3985 made a brief stop at Ames and is now steaming at track speed with the Twin Cities Limited Tour just west of Nevada heading for E. KC Jct and north on the "Spine Line" to Mason City... (more)
An empty set of empty coal hoppers glisten as they round a curve to cross old Highway 30 and the "Spine," on their way to the Powder River Basin.
A pair of GE's grind their way eastbound, crossing the "Spine" and old Highway 30, with another load of PRB coal, as the sun lowers in the western sky.
Just as the sun comes above the trees, a northbound, led by CN 2506, crosses over 8th St. in Nevada.
An eastbound coal rolls through Nevada.
A northbound manifest with an ex-SP unit running second rolls through Nevada in the early morning sun.
