Hot shot Z-train from Salt Lake City, UT, to Global 1 Intermodal Yard, IL, has just pass thru the tiny community of Luzuerne in central Iowa. The hotter train for the UP have been running with 5 u... (more)

Alot of the UP's East-West mainline thru Iowa is flat and fairly straight since it runs along river valleys/bottoms. One of the exceptions is the trackage between Belle Plaine and Blairstown in ce... (more)