UP 3841 leads a auto train eastbound on the E/W main.

UP 5079 leads a westbound stacker towards Nevada.

ZCSLT (Expedited Intermodal, Canal Street, Chicago to Lathrop, CA) smokes up the rails at track speed near Lisbon, IA.

UP 4900 and CSX 'Diversity in Motion' CW44-6 699 lead a westbound towards Boone.

MPRDM rolls through southern Cedar Rapids after calling Beverly yard to get their set out instructions. Prairie Creek Generating Station is in the distance.

UP 8237 leads a coal load as it climbs Mt Vernon Hill.

CRPE-31 approaches Wright Brothers Blvd. near Walford on its journey south with a matched set of IAIS black units. GP38AC 625, GP10 413, and high hood GP9 325

BNSF 9846 is stopped short of 48th Street awaiting trains ahead to clear.

Newer UP 5633 is on an eastbound manifest as it rolls past some MOW workers doing some minor repairs on Main 2.

A westbound stacker kicks up the snow near Ames, IA. Canon Digital Rebel

MNPSS (Manifest; North Platte - South Saint Paul) rolls eastbound through Ames behind two AC-CTE's.

A pair of 40-2's and a GP15-1 lead MPRCB past the Ames depot.

Two AC's pull an empty hopper train out of the Des Moines River Valley shortly after crossing the Kate Shelley High Bridge.

CP 3102 leads SOO 6018 headed south past the M-KSIT ("Kiss It") with the short "A Hawks" train. Don't you just love Spine Line nicknames? This train almost exclusively uses CP run through power.... (more)

A 24-hour late DMDM heads back towards Nevada where it will turn down the Spine Line towards Des Moines.