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Spring
Break 2007: Highs in the 30s. A trip back to Central Iowa |
1995-2.jpg The CNW trio heads westbound between Beaver and Grand Jct, IA.
1995-bridge.jpg The CNW heritage engine, with CNW 6846 trailing, cross the creek
just west of Beaver, IA.
GEVOlicious.jpg Two smokin' hot GEVO's lead a K train stacker on one of their
first runs out of Chicago.
cgwcaboose.jpg The BSV has nicely restored a CNW caboose into CGW paint in Boone.
hondacrunch.jpg 09-Apr-2007 16:45 117k
kateshelley.jpg UP equipment is setting up under Kate Shelley bridge, setting the
stage to end an era in the Des Moines river valley.
mprdm-ks.jpg For the most part, the view of Kate Shelley bridge remains unchanged.
get your photos while you can, as this will soon not be the case.
ouch.jpg 09-Apr-2007 16:49 129k
scranton-sunset.jpg Twilight falls on the small town of Scranton, IA. There were
about ten locomotives on this train, each one in Armour Yellow.
tara-depot.jpg Not much remains of the Tara, IA depot. For that part, not much
remains of Tara, IA!
trio-grandjct.jpg The CNW "trio" is about to duck into Grand Jct, IA bound for
Council Bluffs, IA.
up2015.jpg LTZ70 works the brand new "Calender Yard" on the Tara Sub.
up2954.jpg MPRCB ducks under the wooden bridge just west of Kate Shelley bridge
east of Ogden. Note the apparent movement of dirt going on just
north of the tracks, an obvious sign of the changes at KSB.
up3300.jpg UP 3300, the "United Way" locomotive in decreasingly 'special' paint
was on the point of MEAPR in the siding at Grand Jct.
up3909.jpg This UP auto train was heading eastbound with an old SP "tunnel motor"
trailing as the second unit.
up4111ztrain.jpg On the way to Grand Jct, we caught some Z's eastbound on the Overland.
up7623.jpg Another look at some brand new GEVOs pulling through Jordan, IA.
up8322.jpg An "Ace" leads an intermodal train eastbound at the Shamrock.
Blasted pole filter was turned off again.
verx201-tara.jpg The heritage of this "Verasun" switcher at Tara, IA is unmistakable.