7/27/2011 Only One Tonight
1. IAIS 601 and Slug 650 in front of the Rock Island Depot in Council Bluff, IA
7/28/2011 Trio of Geeps!
1. Next to the Burlington Station in Omaha, NE waiting for a light power move to clear so they could head over to Council Bluffs.
There was a Coal Train waiting for a local that was waiting on a light power move that was waiting on a Manifest that was waiting on another Manifest...
2. Platform Shot
3. Bridge Shot
4. Money Shot
5. Light Power Move waiting in line
7/30/2011 Friday's Fun!
1. UP Council Bluffs Pool Yard
2. Same units, other side:
3. UP6784, solid grey hoppers all the same except for the first two cars. Check out the old IAIS in the background
4. Closer Shot of the UP6784
5. BNSF switching cars down on the south end of Council Bluffs.
6. Same train looking away
7. IAIS 601 switching the north end of the yard
8. Same train
9. Wheel on rail
10. IAIS 601
11. NS waiting to depart in the north end of the IAIS Yard
8/14/2011 Here are a few shots, one from Omaha the other Morning, the rest from a quick trip to Blair this afternoon.
1. Omaha, NE Thursday Morning.
2. This was the shot I was after on Thursday, the old CNW car was a bonus!
3. From Blair today. I love catching what remains of the CNW when I go up there
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5. End of that same coal train
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8/29/2011 Catching up on photos again.... I always seem to be behind.
1. Blue Hill, NE and the BNSF railroad.
After that we went to Bladen, NE, however all the tracks are gone...
Also gone were some tracks that ran east from Blue hill.
2. One quick shot of the family farm, I don't every remember the pond looking this good. There is a Dam in the background from a larger pond.
Ok back to Omaha...
3. I arrived at the Amtrak Depot. Wasn't long and the first train came down the hill.
4. That train stopped really fast, while it was sitting there, a BNSF transfer came up from the year.
5. Same BNSF transfer
6. The transfer sat there forever! The UP double stacked that stopped really fast finally got moving, watching it between 2 cars on the BNSF, we saw that the UP 1982 Heritage Unit was the DPU!!! The chase was on! Here is the point of that train again with the UP1982 DPU.
7. UP 1982 as the DPU at Monument Lane in Council Bluffs.
8. Went back over to Omaha and found allan by complete accident sitting on the north side of the tracks. Here comes another UP down the hill, BNSF still sitting on the tracks.
9. UP 3843 came blasting down the hill and scared a bunch of trespassers off.
After that train, I had to go work for a bit. I had a photo shoot way out in northwest Omaha...
10. I was able to get back downtown for the UP Passenger Special to get back.
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13. A Double Stack was right on its heals.
14. Finally another BNSF transfer pulls up the hill to clear the switch before it backs down to Gibson Yard
10/3/2011 These were taken between 9/26 and 10/2.
First Off, here are a couple shots of the Pink Ribbon Locomotive on the UP Display Track in Downtown Omaha.
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The next several are from 9/26. After an Aerial Photo Shoot in Red Oak, IA, I took the slow way home and followed the Creston Sub. However MOW had everything tied up so there were not many trains. It would be a fun line to fan when there are some trains.
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6. Finally found one with the sun on the wrong side...
Then I headed up towards Crescent, IA where the roads are finally open!
7. Near the Rock Quarry
8. Monument Road
Off to Downtown Omaha
9. Nice to see this locomotive!
10. And again
Then from Sunday:
11. Made a quick stop at Oreapolis on my way home from NE City.
Then I had to go to he||, opps, I mean the mall and get a shirt. However I got that done quick and it was off for a sunday evening drive!
12. I wasn't ready for this train to come around the corner so its not the best shot.
13. This one is a bit soft, but I still like it with the harvest in the background.
10/23/2011 - Colorado
All of these were on a line that was south of Grand Junction. The line ran up to 3 mines.
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10/23/2011 1989&1982 Special
1. Couple Geeps heading west
2. 5857 East
3. 1004 Came down the hill and headed over to CB
4. Looking west from 10th Street
5. Here comes UP 1989
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10/30/2011 End of October Trains
1. Near Honey Creek, IA
2. 60th and I80 in Omaha
3. Elkhorn, NE
4 Elkhorn, NE
5. I can't believe how much UP Locomotives change in short time...
6. Arlington, NE
7. Southbend, NE
8. Lousiville, NE
9. Downtown Omaha, NE
10. Downtown Omaha, NE
11/11/2011 "11-11-11 Photos"
1. 703 was perfectly parked for a shot. Not sure why it was there, but I was happy to see it!
2. These commuter cars have been floating around Council Bluffs for a few weeks. Reports are they were damaged and are being fixed here before they continue out east.
3. Same Cars
4. Signal
5. 4216 East
6. 4216 East
7. 4216 East
8. Old CNW unit heading east
10. The UP Pool Yard
11. Another of the UP Pool Yard
12. UP7209 East
13. Heritage Rio Grande!
14. Heritage Mo Pac!
15. Heritage CNW!
Photos from last Saturday
16. UP4844 East
17. KCS at the Cargill Elevator
11/13/2011 More Eastern Power in Omaha
1. UP4873 East With CSX 4747
2. Mo Pac Box car!
3. UP 7248 East with an old Southern Pacific
4. UP5035 East with a Norfolk and Southern Locomotive
