Crossing US Highway 6 on the east side of Council Bluffs, IA.

A yard crew on an SW10 is moving the DD40X and it's special train from Fox Park in Council Bluffs across the Missouri River to Omaha Union Station, where passengers will board the special train fo... (more)

Nearly new C&NW SD60 8033 leads 3 sisters into the Council Bluffs yard in May of 1987.

As the sun sets, a Grain Train pulls hard out of Council Bluffs.

CBBI crossing the highway 6 overpass shortly after departing Council Bluffs, IA

A pair of "Belles" that brought an empty grain train to load at the Bartlett elevator are parked in the BNSF yard awaiting the train's release.

Union Pacific's forgotten Northern! No. 814 sits on display in Council Bluffs at the RailsWest Museum, which includes a restored depot and several passenger and freight cars.

The water tank spout and sanding tower hoses are missing, but Wabash E8 and E7 units 1003 and 1017 didn’t need them anyway during their layover in Council Bluffs, Iowa, awaiting their 12-hr. 410... (more)

Five Alco DL-630s, just a few months old and all with cab doors open, indicate Union Pacific mechanics and electricians were hurriedly pacing through the consecutive numbered units at Council Bluf... (more)

UP’s Extra 723 with two GP30s and empty cattle cars is blue-flagged for inspection at Council Bluffs, Iowa on May 8, 1965.

Iowa Interstate ES44AC is a lone GE amid a sea of GP38-2s in the road's yard in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on May 14th, 2013. Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.

A pair of EMD GP9s switch Union Pacific’s yard at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in July 1983. UP No. 222 is a GP9 built in 1954 and does not have dynamic brakes, while GP9u No. 332 is rebuilt with a tur... (more)

There’s not much revenue on Rock Island’s eastbound Train 10, Corn Belt Rocket, originating across the river at Omaha, Nebr. and now leaving Council Bluffs, Iowa with only two coaches and an e... (more)

On what looks like a lovely day was actually a bitterly cold day at three degrees with a 30mph wind. So I bundled up and walked a few blocks from my parking spot to shoot this Iowa Interstate GP38... (more)