Nearly brand new UP 5568 and sister 5572 await a new crew at Boone Yard with what is most likely their first revenue coal load in tow.

A UP C44ACCTE leads a coal load towards Hazel Ave. in Ames, IA. Canon Digital Rebel

The Grand Excursion train led by MILW 261 just east of Bettendorf, IA.

Final Run of Crandic Job 2, the road job from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City.

IC 6007 leads L567 south through Alburnett on the Cedar Rapids flip.

M-SSDM makes good time towards Des Moines with a LLPX 2238 in charge of 3 SD40-2's and a GP60.

UP 6030 accelerates a stacker after catching a red signal at the Clear Creek crossovers.

UP 6025 leads a K-Line stacker towards Boone, IA this evening.

CNW 'Safety and Reliability' patch UP 9089 leads MDMDM, with dogcatch crew onboard, negotiating a 10mph slow order.

Final Run of Crandic Job 2, the road job from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City.

An odd leader, a BN SD70MAC, is the only operating unit on a northbound UP train on the Spine Line. The trailing tunnel motor was suffering from a fuel leak and had to be shut down.

A rare SOO leader on what is presumably MCPKC (Manifest: Canadian Pacific-Kansas City) with a Phase II SD90AC trailing. The train is stopped on the main awaiting MoW crews to finish up some work ... (more)

NS 9131 heads up a southbound manifest on the UP Spine Line. A dogcatch crew was hustling the train south towards Des Moines.

An SD90MAC leads an empty approaching the J Avenue bridge near Ogden.

SP 121 heads up SSDM just south of Fernald, IA in the late afternoon sun on the Spine Line. Canon Digital Rebel