Two CNWs in the Midwest... Just Say "NO"
to Numberboard Theft

cnw2990.jpg             Three  units in CNW paint were idling at Des Moines...
                        CNW 6858/2990 was in this Clinton Cycle set...

cnw2990b.jpg            As you can see, the red stripe visible in shots of 6858
                        is still there, along with the "CNW" on the nose

cnw8575-up1241.jpg      The second unit at Des Moines still in CNW paint was 
                        the CNW 8575.  It was slated for MDMPR, but would get swapped
                        out and run on MDMDM for a day.

cnw8575.jpg             8575 at the ramp.  Ames fan Lee Koehler would catch the engine
                        and then the Grefes the next day.  Unfortunately, the CNW style
                        number boards disappeared two days after this photo was taken. 
                        Thank you whoever you are, for ruining that photo op.

cnw8701-stilts.jpg      CNW 8701 idled at the Council Bluffs fuel rack.  It was slated
                        to run to Fremont to be the second unit on a coal train.

cnw8701-towers.jpg      Too bad somebody doesn't steal these bastardized number boards
                        instead.  A friendly MIC allowed me to photograph while they 
                        serviced the power.  

cnw8701.jpg             With only six left, I can't be held accountable for over-photographing
                        CNW power.  Two in one week, can't complain about that!

cp4521.jpg              I guess the CP rail has acquired some of our old GP40X's...
                        Here is one in fresh paint in Short Line Yard.  Interestingly, I 
                        tried to trace the unit, and it was not in the system.  Perhaps
                        it is fresh from an IAIS transfer to go to Pig's Eye from Silvis??

glidden-gang.jpg        The Triple Tie Gang works under single track traffic at Glidden,
                        IA just east of Carrol.  The wayside signals have now closed the 
                        gap at Scranton, IA, and soon we'll have continuous CTC across 
                        western Iowa....hello solid foreign lashups (somebody post Ameslist!)

iais403.jpg             The Des Moines Tramp  waits at 18th ST with a nice cut of cars for
                        Short Line.

up2993.jpg              Cycle power switches cars at Avon, IA.  They are working on a big
                        side track extension just north of this location.

up5564.jpg              A southbounder blasts the little town of Carlisle, IA, waking up
                        the Septuplets from their afternoon nap in the house we all bought them.

up9089.jpg              The third unit in CNW paint idled in Des Moines off the MDMDM.  
                        Look closely and you can see the white from the faded bar and 
                        ball under the UP patch on the front.  Wish someone would steal 
                        that UP logo instead of all the good number boards.