Many Rock Island diesels units, especially Geep's made it into the mid Sixties in their original red, black and white scheme with "wings". We see here GP7 1226 and F7(A) 103 at the Rock Island... (more)

UP Turbine number 16 is coupled to a DD35B and is ready for its next assignment. Its nearing the end up its service life as it was retired in February of 1970. These turbines were nicknamed Big Bl... (more)

In well worn CNW paint, 4331 is the plant switcher for Bartlett Grain Company in Council Bluffs Iowa. The CNW ball and bar logo is still seen under the cab number.

IAIS 719 passes the old Rock Island Station as switches out the Iowa Interstate Council Bluffs yard.

The little work horse that could. These Geeps were owned by most railroads for use in mainline service to local switching. UP had a large share of these. Here are a couple at Council Bluff's servi... (more)

UP's infamous coal turbine basks in the sun at Coucil Bluffs, Iowa. This locomotive operated from September 1962 through July 1963. It was operated between Council Bluffs, Iowa and North Platte, a... (more)

Union Pacific applied EMD turbochargers to a lot of their GP9's to get 2000 horsepower out of them. Here is one such unit that got that upgrade. Unfortunately, almost a year later this unit was de... (more)

CCP 7904 tows a grain train thru Council Bluffs, IA in May of 1987.

COUNCIL BLUFFS IA Sept 28 1979 — UP U30C 2955 awaits an assignment. GE built the unit (b/n 40960) in October 1976. Utahrails.net records that the 2955 “was the last U30C on UP, retired on 19 S... (more)

A pair of Iowa Interstate GP38-2's shuffle grain cars at Council Bluffs.

From time to time, some railroads get rid of surplus power, and other railroads pick up other roads' locomotives. In the 1980s, Illinois Central Gulf had excess GP38ACs and the Missouri-Kansas-Te... (more)

Former Conrail and Penn Central SD-45s are now part of the Chicago & Northwestern, as CNW 6557 idles in the yard in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Former Burlington Northern, now CNW 6567, idles with Conrail and old Penn Central engines, and CNW 4540 in the Council Bluffs yard.

On a rainy day in July 1981, Union Pacific EMD GP40X Nos. 9000 and 9001 sit at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Easily seen in this photo, flared radiators are distinctive feature of the GP40X. Experimental ... (more)

Iowa Railroad GE U28B 22 sits at the roads yard In Council Bluffs Iowa on a nice day in June 1984