UP 1111, the "Powered by Our People" unit, leads MNPPR from North Platte, NE to Proviso Yard in Chicago under the former C&NW coaling tower in DeKalb, IL.
UP 1111 leads "The NPPR" around the Bertram curves.
Eastbound North Platte - Proviso manifest knocks down the search lights at Cortland.
Winter Storm Kayla is hitting Iowa hard. Western Iowa is being hit especially hard with heavy snow and wind. In eastern Iowa there isn't much snow, but still strong northwest winds are creating so... (more)
This North Platte, NE, to Proviso, IL, manifest train is working upgrade into Luzerne.
One of the last pure CNW consists I got was in 1999 on this North Platte, NE, to Chicago, IL, freight train near De Witt. Built in June 1989, the 8503 was repainted to the UP 9025 in June 1989 and... (more)
One of two unpatched CNW Dash9s leads a nice consis including a patched CNW C40-8 through Lombard with the moon providing an interesting bit of scenery.
