Along the banks of the Des Moines River, this westbound UP train crosses the 190 feet high and 2,700 feet long Kate Shelly High Bridge after sunset. The train is just out of Boone for the trip to ... (more)
Eastbound coal train just left the Boone Yard. I don't think alot of the CNW SD60's got repainted into this "traditional CNW yellow" paint from the "zito yellow" they were deli... (more)
This era didn't last long enough. Once the UP got the SP and CNW, things got mixed up. Here a northbound Spineline train passes thru Bradford. The train is working between Nevada, IA, and Mason Ci... (more)
A trackage rights UP train races along the BNSF Transcon Main outside of Ethel in northern Missouri. The train is about to pass thru West Ethel, and is about 100 miles from the next crew change at... (more)
The UP had a coal branch that ran south of Grand Junction, CO, out to Hawksnet, CO. The branch was 91 miles long and was built in 1902. The DRGW/SP/UP used it as a coal branch out to a few mines l... (more)