A Union Pacific trackage rights train rolls west at sunrise west of West Medill. UP has few pairs of trains that run over the BNSF east of Kansas City to Chicago or Edelstein.
An eastbound coal train makes their way east at sunset. The train is passing thru Blairstown, which is located 20 miles west of Cedar Rapids in central Iowa.
As the sunsets on the evening, a conventional coal train rolls east thru southern Iowa. This coal load is 10 miles east of Fairfield en route to Burlington, IA, for next crew train. This train wil... (more)
As the sunsets on the evening, a 2x1 Dp-ed coal train rolls east thru southern Iowa near the detector at MP 251. This coal load is 5 miles east of Fairfield en route to Burlington, IA, for next cr... (more)
The sunset glints off the headend of this westbound Nahant, IA, to Mason City, IA, manifest train as it makes its way the last 10 miles to Mason City. The train has just left Nora Springs behind a... (more)