A rare SOO leader on what is presumably MCPKC (Manifest: Canadian Pacific-Kansas City) with a Phase II SD90AC trailing. The train is stopped on the main awaiting MoW crews to finish up some work ... (more)
CNW 'Safety and Reliability' patch UP 9089 leads MDMDM, which has been stashed in the Nevada siding on account of congestion in Des Moines.
Brand new UP 5208 leads a detouring stack train south towards Des Moines on the Spine Line. The train just came off the connection with the E/W Main after picking up a pilot engineer in Nevada. ... (more)
A 24-hour late DMDM heads back towards Nevada where it will turn down the Spine Line towards Des Moines.
The "Dum-Dum" rolls westbound, coming back from Marshalltown after swapping blocks.
Newer UP 5633 is on an eastbound manifest as it rolls past some MOW workers doing some minor repairs on Main 2.
An odd leader, a BN SD70MAC, is the only operating unit on a northbound UP train on the Spine Line. The trailing tunnel motor was suffering from a fuel leak and had to be shut down.
UP 906 leads a Mason City to Des Moines Extra southward on the Spine Line.
UP 5079 leads a westbound stacker towards Nevada.
A throwback stack train: Three UP SD40-2's lead a westbound stacker across Iowa. This is a real oddity, as modern power is almost always used on long distance stack trains.
An eastbound stacker struggles to gain back lost speed after stopping to allow a train off the Spine Line to enter the E/W main.
DMDM, aka Dum Dum, leans into a curve on it's way to Marshalltown.
