An eastbound stack train crosses over onto Main 1 as it approaches Ames.
UP 9035 leads an eastbound Z towards Ames.
UP 6009 does the honors on this eastbound empty autorack train.
UP 4334 hustles the local eastbound.
A manifest heads east into the morning sun just outside of Ames, Iowa.
A clean UP locomotive basks in the afternoon sunlight awaiting its next assignment at Ames IA.
A 2x1x0 consist on the North Platte, NE to Elkhart, IN (NS) bound manifest start to lug the massive train in the sag between College Farm Hill and West Ames.
Two SD70Ms race through Ames, Iowa on Track 2 with a baretable train of Spine Cars heading west towards Boone for a crew change and will continue west towards Council Bluffs and beyond.
A clean SD70ACe and SD70M lead an Eastbound Manifest on Track 1 under neat the signals in Ames, IA.
A patched CNW sneaks through downtown Ames in the peak of blossoming season (and ironically the first day of ISU's "Dead Week").