About to top Raymond hill with ethanol, Just one of 100s hog backs this train passover today.
Running all out with heavy sand, Made for a fine day.
Do to flooding and bridges out ICE is detouring over BNSF's Barstow sub
Last light before a cloud kills the sunset.
With the on set of SOO SD60's on ex ICE lines and repainting of same ( CP ) Mississippi crossing.
Crossing the Mississippi with a wild set of power CP ex SOO, DME ex MILW, ICE ex IM&RL.
The beans are doing good, and glad its not Corn as there no shot with corn.
Just set out it's UP's and now backing to it's train soon pulling West and on to Fort Dodge this trains last stop.
GTW 5858 a ex RI GP38-2 ? Passing the RI Mill's tower and the UP Spine Line
Rolling down hill.
Switching out there cars on the old MILW side, The yard was the Ottumwa to Jackson Jct. Line.
CP is sure showing its colors as it hard to get Blue ICE or DME power leading
CN's main Eastbound train out of Waterloo to Chicago
Old # 4 train ripping right along with a large cut of JB Hunt filling out most of the first 3/4 of the train
Less then 1/2 hour till their back in Cedar Falls, Iowa as the new rail allows 30 MPH