UP experimental gas turbine 8080B was housed in former GN electric 5018 which has had most of its grills removed for one last fatal maintenance time, Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 3, 1966. 8-wheel tr... (more)

The experiment that didn’t work out: Alco PA 607 was selected as the control unit for Union Pacific’s coal-fired gas turbine 8080B which was formerly Great Northern electric 5018. A Fairban... (more)

EB ICG transfer passes the Council Bluffs station. About a year after this photo was taken, this trackage became short line Chicago Central & Pacific. In 1996, the IC would re-purchase this trac... (more)

Soybeans and Aspen Gold. UP 1989 runs along the bluffs as they head north out of town bound for Chicago.

With mostly heavyweight cars behind 3 Es, CB&Q’s Trn. 12 Nebraska Zephyr pulls out of Council Bluffs, Iowa on May 8, 1965.

IAIS 601 and 650 move past the Rock Island Station in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on 7/1/14.

A nice roster shot of a C630 at Council Bluffs. Photo taken by K C Henkels.

Here a U50 sits at Council Bluffs and it sure looks like it's seen better days. Photo taken by George Cockle.

Burlington Route (CB&Q) EMD GP7 #220, photo from my slide collection, photographer unknown.

Back in 2009 the CN bought the Ski Train from the owners that had it out in Colorado. Once the train was delivered to CN at Council Bluffs, the CN found a baring that was bad on one of the cars th... (more)

A string of Union Pacific cabooses fill the caboose track at the railroad’s Council Bluffs yard in July 1981, just after a summer rainfall.

Two Iowa Interstate ES44AC's including the Rock Island Heritage unit sit shut down at the IAIS engine facility in Council Bluffs. Flash lighting courtesy of Phil Banks and his artificial Sun.

In Union Pacific's passenger car shop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, is a Trackmobile 95TM mobile railcar mover.

Two Union Pacific GP9s take a break under stormy skies at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in July 1981. Both were built by EMD in 1954; with No. 257 being retired from the UP roster in October 1981 while No... (more)

GTW 6420 lays over in Canadian National's Yard on a sunny afternoon on the north side of Council Bluffs, IA.