The "new" CNW trio heads over the Mississippi River into Iowa before swapping crews and continuing west to Council Bluffs.

UP 1995 along with CNW's 8646 and 8701 high ball west fresh out of Clinton with a new crew bound for Council Bluffs.

UP 1995, CNW 8646, and CNW 8701 lead MPRCB over the Geneva Bridge as the tree branch I was standing on began to break.

UP 1995 and the remaining CNWs pull their train west towards Council Bluffs

The CNW Heritage unit leads the last two remaining CNWs over the Mississippi River on this mild and sunny day.

The reason I dragged myself out of bed this AM, the 3 CNW's slam west through College Avenue

My first in-person viewing of this heritage unit.

The sun rises over UP 1995 as the crew goes about making a set out at Altoona. Temps were well below zero with the windchill.

The C&NW Heritage Unit leads the M-EAPR eastbound through Geneva.

CNW and MP Heritage Units split the CNW signals at Cortland.

The CNW Heritage SD70ACe leads a mixed manifest bound for Eagle Grove, IA through downtown DeKalb.

The CNW Heritage SD70ACe ducks under the old CNW coal chute while the eastboud bird flys by on the other main.

The CNW Heritage SD70ACe heads east through DeKalb and past the former CNW depot on the left.

UP 1995 leads the Proviso manifest eastbound over the Mississippi River bridge.