Steam, CNW's, Olympic Units and More A Good Month for Catching Trains in Iowa

3985-cambridge.jpg      The 3985 bursts out of the trees north of Cambridge.  The whole town was waiting for it.

 3985-elkhart.jpg  The train was exceeding 60 mph as it blasts through the small town of Elkhart.
       
 3985-nevada1.jpg  Finally I caught back up with the train at Nevada, where the foamers had overtaken the viaduct!
       
 3985-nevada2.jpg  Rounding the corner...
       
 3985-nevada3.jpg  One last shot....  I was going to follow it to Boone, but remembered what Boone was like last year....     

 cnw8729.jpg   CNW 8729 was leading a southbound intermodal train on the spine line in June
         
 cnw8729b.jpg  Here's the money shot, photo of the month, June!
           
 jun-04.jpg   One last look....
            
 passenger.jpg  This well-kept, privately owned passenger train passed through en route to Herrington
         
 up2002.jpg   The olympic unit 2002 led MDMHN out of Des Moines   
          
 up2002b.jpg  Here's a look at the back end of the engine.
            
 up9091.jpg    The 9091 is an ex-CNW dash 8 with "mini-wings"
          
 wc7502.jpg     This "possibly" ex-CNW SD45 idled under the lights at Short Line yard.