The Proviso to Marshalltown freight lumbers along only 10 miles from their destination. The UP does alot of switching in the yards throughout Iowa now that Proviso isn't open. Means alot of back u... (more)

A eastbound Council Bluffs, IA, to Proviso Yard, IL, freight train is just a few miles east of Marshalltown near Le Grand. On the point of CBPR is a block of IH Combines that are made at Grand Isl... (more)

Where the money is. An empty and loaded coal train pass on the curve at Le Grand.

UP run-through power in this CNW westbound was a preview of what we all suspected lie ahead.