Tie clips perfectly lined up on a frosty morning on the UP, former CNW, transcontinental main.
Fortune 500 company meets Main St, USA. The DPU set was tucked in a dozen cars from the rear.
a westbound Union Pacific coal train rolls through Creston at sunrise on the last day of August. 2 GE's are up front with an additional AC4400CW on the rear in DPU mode.
at sunrise, a westbound stack train with a single UP SD70M heads toward Global III at Rochelle,Illinois.
UP 1988, 1989 and 1996 race across a soy bean field as they lead train MNPPR toward Chicago, Illinois.
The evening October sun highlights this eastbound coal drag.
The first of a parade of unit coal trains grinds up the hill between Creston and Malta, the former being the highest point on the Overland Route in the Land of Lincoln.
The CNW Heritage ACe heads east through Creston.
UP's United Way painted SD40-2 heads west through Creston on its way from Proviso to Council Bluffs.
The last 3 CNW units on the UP roster pause east of Creston to wait for traffic ahead to clear.
