One more from this amazing chase of the B41 local across the Sheldon Sub. The CP Sheldon Sub runs west from Mason City towards Sheldon, IA, in far northwestern Iowa. Normally overnight B41 local r... (more)
The DM&E wedge plow is pasting MP 200 as they make their way east towards Mason City. This power and plow has been working the last couple days on keeping the Sheldon Sub open from Mason City to S... (more)
This is the 2nd day for the wedge plow out of Mason City heading towards Sheldon trying to get the 137 miles line back open. Here the job takes off from MP 197 and another crossing that was walked... (more)
The Spencer local rolls west toward Spencer with a empty bean train for loading west of Spencer. These trains ran in IMRL and IC&E days from Iowa to Valdasta, GA for ADM. Many times on Tuesdays an... (more)
A plow extra heads back to Mason City from Spencer. The ICE usually uses the wedge plow to open the line back up. This line hadnt seen a train in 2 days due to winter weather.
This crew isnt having much to plow today. The drifts pretty much stayed empty over night since the wind has died down. Should be an easy trip into Mason City this afternoon.
