There's nothing like a big ole manifest with varied rolling stock and graffiti. This sundowner is on the block of preceding empty hoppers as a warm May evening's shadows lengthen.

ES44AC 5342, SD70M 4250, and SD70M 4289 lead a westbound intermodal on UP’s Boone Sub.

UP 844 starts its 80mph running.....she did 80 mph for about 20-30 miles.....not an ideal chase but neat to watch otherwise....

UP 844 takes the sweeping curve like a streamlined steamer should, hussling eastbound toward its first and only stop at Denison, IA.

5926 goes it alone on a westbound train of coal empties.

IG2GS 28 with four Gevo's prepares for a crew change in Missouri Valley.

First run of UP's EMD SD70ACe's finds NEW UP 8310, UP 8315, and UP 8314 westbound at Logan Iowa.

UP's first production run SD70ACe's have arrived, UP8310, leads 8315, and 8314 westbound through Logan Iowa with their first revenue runs!

Although Union Pacific was firmly in control of CNW, it was still common to see pure CNW consists. A pair of SD40-2s race east with a mixed freight.