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Only YOU can Prevent Grass Fires... BNSF Action in Iowa, and thru NE Prairie Fires |
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Only YOU can Prevent Grass Fires... BNSF Action in Iowa, and thru NE Prairie Fires |
The
BNSF's Bunge local heads south toward Pacific Junction
This coal train was merely 1 X 1 and really struggled.... 
The
CB local pulls down to a pretty busy looking grass fire fouling the main
track...
This
1 X 1 coal load crests a hill east of Plattsmouth.
Some flames can be seen shooting up just north of the tracks in this view. 
The
conductor and engineer both bring smores to the front deck as the flames rise
around the local.
Meanwhile
to the west, the wasteland smolders... 
More
flames, these fanned by south winds south of the ROW... 
Westbound
near Red Oak
Jointed
rail north of Pacific Jct...
Finally
the flames die down and the local bursts through the smoke!
The
local heads west toward scorched farm fields
A
short westbound manifest near Red Oak...
A
last look at the Council Bluffs local as it heads west through the prairie fires
near Plattsmouth
