An August early afternoon finds the 8267 leading UP and SP AC4400CWs as they get a coal train up to speed after a crew change in Fremont, NE. Fuji Astia.

There are some half a dozen re-crew "pads" in the Fremont, NE area. Here a couple eastbounds have stopped about five miles east of town, at Mercer, to receive Fremont-Boone, IA crews. The 5893 mov... (more)

The past and present meet, as brand new AC4400CW-CTE UP 6040 and CNW 8828, one of the last 3 remaining AC4400CW's with CNW marks, both await a crew change at Mercer, Nebraska.

One of the last 3 CNW AC4400's still carrying CNW reporting marks, CNW 8828 leads an eastbound coal train out of Mercer, Nebraska.