UP 6653 leads the same coal train that I photographed a week ago back to the mines this time with 6727 in the rear.

Two BNSF Dash 9-44CW's lead an empty south through Greenwood in the afternoon light.

UP 4337 heads up a westbound manifest on the E/W main near Ames.

Happy Halloween from UP. Newer ACCTE 5587 leads a coal load east this morning.

UP 4994 leads a westbound autorack train towards CP A189 West Ames in the early hours of the Iowa State Railroad Club's 24 Hours at Ames event.

Brand new UP 5636 leads her first train westbound through the heartland. Also new, sister 5637 is the last unit in the consist.

A westbound pair of matched 70MAC's enters the junction at Ashland, where the Creston Sub, the Omaha Sub, and the Sioux City Sub meet. The train is coming off the Creston Sub.

CRANDIC GP9 105 pulls a long cut of cars out of the Wilson Avenue yard headed southward towards the shops.

Newly repainted UP 6727, ex-CNW 8825, heads up a coal train at Jordan (near Boone), IA.

UP 4840, a Phase II SD70M, leads an eastbound racker/stacker around Bertram Curve.

A somewhat rare SD60M leader on the E/W Main hustles down the tracks.

This Union Pacific manifest has just entered Missouri, passing an eastbound Amtrak on the bridge.

UP 9770 (ex-CNW 8666) heads up an eastbound manifest towards Lisbon.

UP 4488 leads a short stack train east through the heart of Ames.

A throwback stack train: Three UP SD40-2's lead a westbound stacker across Iowa. This is a real oddity, as modern power is almost always used on long distance stack trains.