Steam fever spreads. Even the engines making up Iowa Interstate’s CBBI (Council Bluffs, Iowa to Blue Island, IL) are puttin’ it out as Big Boy fever spreads. IAIS 601 (GP38, ex-Missouri Pacific) a... (more)

A BNSF windmill train and a Kansas City Southern grain shuttle both sit under the bluffs in Council Bluffs, IA.

Union Pacific GP20 roster numbers (470-499).

UP SD40-2 3206, UP SD40-2 3216, UP GP38-2 2000 w/b at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Fresh snow in the area makes a nice winter scene of this eastbound coal load along the 'Bluffs' near Crescent Iowa.

Westbound empties are moving in Council Bluffs towards the Missouri River Bridge.

CCP 7904 switches some TOFC cars in their Council Bluffs, IA yard in May of 1987. The IC heritage is readily apparent.

Three Illinois Central SD40-2s sit in the Council Bluffs yard. Photo taken with permission.

In the late 1970's Union Pacific has side-lined its fleet of DD35A and B-units. Based on operating expenses, units began phasing out in the late 1970's with the B-units being hit hardest. UP 71 ha... (more)

The daily Omaha transfer job leaves the yard for a fun day of switching! This unit also has a pretty nice P5 horn.

Fox Park was opened by the UP in 1971 and closed in 2001. As far as I can tell this was the only place business cars were kept except the ex-SP cars on the west coast at Oakland. After its closing... (more)

Fox Park was opened by the UP in 1971 and closed in 2001. As far as I can tell this was the only place business cars were kept except the ex-SP cars on the west coast at Oakland. After its closing... (more)

On a bitterly cold day with a wind chill hovering around -25 degrees fahrenheit, CN painted GTW 4903 leads the CN Omaha job onto the UP trackage. This geep is a nice change of pace from the SD60s ... (more)