It’s finally springtime and the corn is beginning to grow as an eastbound Union Pacific oil train passes milepost 221 east of Grand Junction, Iowa, late in the day on May 21, 2014.
Westbound with two Coos Bay Rail Link GP30's 2470 and 2446 in the consist.
CNW C44-9W 8646 leads, UP SD70M 4208, NS SD70M-2 2718, and NS C40-9W 9729 on Westbound MELNP.
UP 6665 leads an eastbound oil train through Grand Jct., IA in glint light on the former CNW mainline.
The eastbound Z-train passes a Lincoln Highway monument along with a set of wheels from the recent (May, 2013) 30-car coal train derailment here that closed down a track on the mainline, and close... (more)
MPREA has turned the corner at Grand Junction and is working their way thru Yard Limits on the Tara Sub. The train will travel 29 miles north on the Tara Sub to Moorland, IA where they will hang a... (more)
After struggling uphill and dealing with unholy golfers, this westbound empty coal train now heads downhill.
UP 2995 Cruises through the MOW work zone and prepares to take the crossover at Grand Junction and go North towards Fort Dodge... Note ICE SD45 363 in the middle of the power lashup.
Cruising into Grand Junction
