An unusual single unit leads empty coal hoppers west after coming off the Spine Line.

BN 9628 is on the point of a 1x1 going over the fill at 112th Street between Pleasant Dale and Emerald.

PRDM (Manifest, Proviso to Des Moines) heads towards Cedar Rapids and points west.

UP 4933 leads a stacker westward around a curve between Montour and Le Grand, Iowa.

New UP SD70M 3786 leads a Dash 9 and new NS SD70M west on a stack train.

FURX 7222 rounds the curve at Milford with an NS Dash 9 and a patched CR Dash 8 on its way towards Lincoln.

A very clean UP 9027 leads a sister C40-8 on PRDM. The train was just getting back underway after stopping for a red signal at the Clear Creek crossovers.

UP 4211 rolls into the late afternoon sunlight through downtown Ames.

First southbound ICE train following the 2004 Grand Excursion special.

UP 4975 leads a stacker over College Farm Hill at Iowa State University.

A clean 70M leads a battered SD60 and an SD9043MAC on a westbound manifest.

UP 906 leads a Mason City to Des Moines Extra southward on the Spine Line.

An empty hopper train rolls through Ames.

A stacker cruises westbound underneath the Minnestoa Avenue overpass.

UP 4801 leads an SSW GP60 and a Dash 8 through Ames.