The BN rails in this Council Bluffs view between 10th and 12th St. were ripped out a few years ago during the city's RR rationalization project that was part of the decade long I-80/I-29 corridor... (more)
An Alco takes a spin on the former Rock Island open pit turntable in Iowa Interstate's Council Bluffs yard. The turntable is still there today, but is now surrounded by development of IAIS's inter... (more)
CBRY 714 is switching in front of the former Rock Island depot in Council Bluffs. The carrrier stores cars in remnants of the former Wabash and MILW yards in CB.
A BN yard to yard transfer is returning to Gibson Yard in Omaha from Council Bluffs as it moves by UP's icehouse on the approach to the Missouri River Bridge.
I was too young, and Rock Island was just out of reach, for me to have photographed the railroad in its last days. I sure wish I could have, but only saw bits and pieces of it as the years wore on... (more)