Near sunset, Amtrak's train No. 22, the eastbound Texas Eagle, meets a westbound UP stack train. The short passenger train is sitting on the main as the long intermodal symbol enters the siding.
UP 7684 West rolls through the outskirts of Mineola amid East Texas fall colors.
A westbound intermodal comes off the bridge which is slated to be replaced in the not-too-distant future.
UP 5346 East accelerates through East Clinton after having made a crew change on the Iowa side of the Mississippi River.
A DPU brings up the rear of a long eastbound stack train as it rolls through the Illinois countryside.
A westbound UP stack train flashes by under the ex-C&NW signal bridge at Nelson.
A westbound stack train leans into a curve as it crests a hogback east of DeWitt.
A westbound stack train climbs the hill between Clarence and Stanwood.
A westbound stack train leans into a curve in Fairfax.
A GEVO in DPU mode brings up the rear of a long westbound stack train at Camanche.
A hot westbound Z train behind three clean GEVOs roars through sweeping curve on a beautiful afternoon in eastern Iowa.
A stack train out of Long Beach, CA is about to start into Carroll while westbounds sit and wait for couple more eastbounds to clear Peters before heading west around MofW near Vail.