The IAIS 703 and 715 do some switching around the south end of their Council Bluffs railyard.

Right across the Missouri River from Omaha, NE is a huge Union Pacific freight yard. I took the drone up to try and get all or most of it in one shot. In this shot, 4 UP locomotives are getting ... (more)

Dressed-up in full "wings" treatment, RI GP7 1226 with F7(A) 103 lays over at Council Bluffs, Iowa on April 27, 1958. Photo by L.E. Stagner, from my slide collection.

Union Pacific FM H-15-44 1329 1500hp built 5/48. Photo from my collection, no photographer information on slide.

#844 is embarking with the Shiloh Limited, it will cross back to Omaha then head south.

Union Pacific ALCO RSC-2 1289 equipped with an extra large snow plow at Council Bluffs, IA. in August, 1967. Photo from my slide collection, no photographer listed.

Four-year-old Union Pacific SD70ACe 8449, combined with SD70M 3980 (the former Southern Pacific 9806) and SD70ACe 8505, bring a manifest across 16th Avenue to the railroad’s Council Bluffs Yard.... (more)

A rare photo of Milwaukee Road F7(A) 89-C in original Lightning paint livery at Council Bluffs, Iowa in June 1957. From my slide collection, Photographer R E Ranks.

Illinois Central Gulf power sits in the Council Bluff diesel service area. The 9567 is showing a lot of wear as the paint if revealing a red undercoat.

Iowa Interstate Montreal Locomotive Works M420W No. 800 rests at the railroad’s facilities at Council Bluffs, Iowa, on May 7, 1995. This unit is former Providence & Worcester No. 2001 built in F... (more)

Illinois Central Dash 8-40CW 2459 is the former LMSX 732. In the mid-90s, LMS leased a group of these Dash 8s to Conrail and Canadian National subsidiary Illinois Central – LMS 700-739 – with... (more)

C&NW Baldwin DRS 6-6-1500 No.1505 1500hp unit, built 1949. From my Collection, Photo Jim Scribbins. Photo from my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.

Paducah GP's are pulling grain from the Union Pacific yard in Council Bluffs, IA.

Even in the 21st Century, the Union Pacific Railroad can still put together the most impressive passenger trains of any railroad in North America. And here is where it all happens – The Union P... (more)