At an unknown location, a quintet of Es wait to depart with a freight. Photographer unknown. Council Bluffs was the guess of the guy from whom I acquired the slide.

Old and dirty GP10 8078 and ICG 9567 could both use a couple of runs through a wash rack as they idle in the Council Bluffs yard.

IC 6068 is in need of a paint job as it sits near the old turntable in the ICG yard in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

In Iowa Interstate's Council Bluffs engine facility on May 14th, 2013, can be seen ES44AC 504 and GP38-2 712 (ex-LLPX 2319, ex-UP 437, ex-UP 1937, ex-EMDX 794, ex-CR 7994, nee-PC 7994). In the ba... (more)

A trio of SD9043MACs arrive into Council Bluffs after a long trip across Illinois and Iowa with MPRCB.

UP 844 lays over at Council Bluffs, waiting for the next day's run to Kansas City.

In over forty years of railfanning, I've seen a few strange things ... And this is the latest. The rear coupler on Iowa Interstate GP38-2 716 (ex-LLPX 2328, ex-UP 452, ex-UP 1952, ex-EMDX 817, ex... (more)

It's always nice to see an old friend! While exploring Iowa Interstate's engine facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa, finding an old Northern Pacific box car was a pleasant surprise ... even i... (more)

A Canadian National transfer to the nearby Union Pacific yard is about to depart the CN yard in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on May 14th, 2013. Power for today's train is SD60 5442. Built in December 1... (more)

It's a nice day for outdoor work on May 14th, 2013, as Iowa Interstate GP38-2 717 has a traction motor/wheel set replaced on its rear truck at the shop in Council Bluffs, Iowa. By May 24th, 2013,... (more)

Sunning themselves in Canadian National's yard in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on May 14th, 2013, are a pair of Dash 8-40CW diesels with interesting lineages: CN 2144 was originally Santa Fe 818, and I... (more)

While no longer owned or operated by KCS, 4223 doesn't look to show any markings of its present owner at this Council Bluffs elevator where it happens to switch out KCS grain shuttles.

White KCS in 2013? While this white former KCS switcher is no longer used by the KCS, it remains in full KCS white and ironically switches out KCS grain shuttles that come to this elevator ... (more)

Now N&W instead of Wabash Train 211 from St. Louis arrives CRI&P Jct. at Council Bluffs, Iowa on May 8, 1965 behind E units 1017 (E-7) and 1003 (E-8).