UP 3985 slowly makes her way out of the Missouri Valley Yard as the dispatcher lets one more eastbound out ahead of the special.

As the helpers on an eastbound (away from photographer) coal lean into the curve at Lilly, a light set drift past on track 2.

This shot is a perfect example of my philosophy of: "If there are two trees and a train, there's a shot." Fellow RP contributor Mitch Goldman gets a different perspective on this EB coal train fro... (more)

A UP Loaded Coal train heading east into a developing storm. The winds were so strong it was blowing the coal dust across the farmland.