• Following Iowa's E/W Mains
    Bayard Sub, IAIS Detour and UP at Woodbine

    We found that crossing gates have been added to Woodbine xing since the last time we visited, as a 1X1 DPU manifest snakes around the curve on the side of the hill.

    MCBDM detours on the IAIS eastbound toward Des Moines.  The Bluffs has been running the train between 8000-10,000 feet in length lately.

    CSXT power leads through downtown Souix City in a crowded scene

    Double DAIR you to pull in and take this shot....

    CSXT power was on the point of an ethanol train through downtown Souix City.

     

      A look at progress on Kate Shelley Bridge from the north side.

    A view of the west abutment at Kate Shelley Bridge

    • Watching trains at the Platsmouth Missouri River bridge.

      A closer shot of the train at Plattsmouth

      Another mix of junk power on the BNSF. .

    A UP coal train pulls out of North Neal and past the Sergent Bluff depot. .

    "The Cow" does work on an industrial lead while their train ties up the main line.

    A southbound MSXCB is about to depart Souix City.