With fresh snow on the ground, CNW 8804 (side). idled away at East Ames.

CNW 6811 and 6858 cross old Hwy 30 at "Devil's Hollow" east of Nevada.

CNW 6858 and 6811 pull up northbound under old Hwy 30 outside Nevada.

Frosty trees, UP wings, and CNW 8644 grace Devil's Hollow this morning.

A solemn CNW 6858 sits in Marshalltown engulfed in the year's first snow storm.

Trip along IAIS

At Newton, an eastbound grain train pulls out of the new IAIS yard.

IAIS 600 backs into its train waiting on the mainline in Newton, IA.

Iowa Interstate 483 works the IAIS Iowa City Yard on the east side.

IAIS's famous "green machine" switched out the Iowa City yard.

Here's a shot of CNW 4190 with another Trad Yellow repaint, albeit patched, in the background.

CNW 4190 and ex-CNW 4165 were en route from Marshalltown to Ralston via Des Moines.  (Its better not to ask 'why' when it comes to UP.)

The ex-CNW 4702 switched the yard as 4190 waited for its train to Ames, and later Ralston.