"Lots of color" has been a common theme all of 2018 for the CN in Iowa. Seeing CN power some weeks is almost non-existence with the on going power shortage and leased power. Here the daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train rolls off east on the Dubuque Sub just east of Raymond. The train is only 5 miles into the daily trek out of Iowa.
The leader, NS 4164, a March 2018-AC44C6M rebuild from GE using Dash 9 #8937, would have a devastating electrical fire on M338 on 9-19-18. The Manchester Fire Department would have to be called to put the fire out, and the unit will be probably a total lost?
