Westbound stacker approaches Morrison, Illinois, after just meeting an eastbound down the way.
After unloading, the rail train heads west to reload.
"We Will Deliver"
Two ACs lead a coal load through fields of ripening soy beans and corn on their way east. The Midwestern fall has a flavor all its own.
Looking more like a model train, the last operating Union Pacific Centennial DD40X, UP 6936 East, operates an officers special as seen from an ice covered farm road just east of Round Grove, Illin... (more)
Looking more like a model locomotive, the last operating Union Pacific Centennial DD40X, UP 6936 East, is seen in a pan shot from an ice covered farm road just east of Round Grove, Illinois on Feb... (more)
Eastbound Union Pacific freight passes a relic from another era.
The MKT, MP, and CNW Heritage units head west through the Illinois countryside with mixed manifest for Council Bluffs.
The "junk train" strolls west into the setting sun with a pair of former CNW SD40-2's...
UP's new CNW heritage unit leads the last two remaining CNW units Eastbound towards Chicago.
