Oakland-bound IG2OA-27 crosses the Missouri River and enters Nebraska in Blair, NE on this impressive former C&NW bridge. Trees block this vantage point these days.
If bleak it is nevertheless a relatively mild winter day as a double-stack train gets underway after a crew change in Missouri Valley, IA.
Just after sunrise, a UP eastbound thunders through Serpentine Canyon. The rock here is quite unstable, and slides are common. WP and now UP maintain slide fences to alert trains to rocks and slid... (more)
Westbound ZNPOA stack train coming off the Carquinez Bridge and passing under I-680 at the Vista crossovers.
A pair of Union Pacific locomotives give off a cloud of smoke as they accelerate through the signal heading west.
