After "slippin'" up a bit getting off of the main road because of the recent rain, we missed the shot off the hill at Woodbine. Luckily, we were rewarded with a break in the clouds and three ex-CN... (more)

On a beautiful morning in far west Chicagoland, UP's Katy and MoPac ACe's are caught here passing through a picturesque setting including a rural soybean field and the well-known Elburn Co-Op.

"MPRCB" rolls past Clarence Elevator with UP heritage units pointing the way.

"Cows for the Katy!" UP 1988 with UP 1982 second out herd up an "MPRCB" train past the New Liberty auction barn at Mechanicsville, Iowa.

CNW heritage unit 1995 heads west with an "MPRCB" freight.

UP 2002 leads UP 1995 and UP 2001 westbound after a crew change in Clinton.

UP 1995 West passes Clarence Elevator with "MPRCB" on another hot Iowa afternoon.

CNW Heritage unit 1995 pops into a sucker hole at Malone, Iowa with the Proviso-Council Bluffs manifest.

Union Pacific's NEW C&NW Heritage unit, UP 1995, together with the last remaining C&NW units roll westbound MPRCB manifest train at Crescent Iowa.

The MPRCB slowly cruises into Clinton for a crew change. We drove from Kenosha to Elmhurst, then to Wheaton. After that, the chase was on to Clinton!

UP's new CNW heritage unit leads the last two remaining CNW units westbound thru Iowa.

MPRCB comes off the Mississippi River bridge at Clinton, Iowa with UP 1995 in the lead.

UP 1995 West passes Malone with MPRCB on a blazing hot Iowa afternoon.