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Here is view looking south into California Jct on the UP (ex CNW), Iowa. And then I tried to photo the stack train but a couple of snow geese got in the way. 10's of 1000's of birds migrating this weekend.
We have a spot north of me off I-5 that also hosts 1000's of snow geese every winter.
Traversing a small body of water just west of California Junction is a EB UP Intermodal. And located at the Cargill plant at Blair is as near as can figure is an ex SP GP9. Now RSSX 3817. Last picture I saw on rr pictures shows a high short hood. This is a chopped hood but still has the SP bracket sticking up above the headlight.
Some coal hoppers tipped over just west of 84th st here in Omaha on the UP. Looked like OPPD cars. The coal pile goes west quite a ways. But I can only get close enough to see 2 cars so I bet there was more.
Some coal hoppers tipped over just west of 84th st here in Omaha on the UP. Looked like OPPD cars. The coal pile goes west quite a ways. But I can only get close enough to see 2 cars so I bet there was more.
I have heard environmentalists lament about the potential disaster of a coal train derailment, but they are relatively simple to clean up. Once the dust has settled (quite literally), you just scoop up the coal, remove the hoppers or scrap them on site, and replace the damaged track. Expensive and time consuming, but minimum (if any) long term damage to the environment.
Council Bluffs was busy just after lunch. Just like the old days. Everything heading east.
Old meets older at the Rock Island Station
Off towards the old MILW yard as the Belles wait for the elevator to ready a grainer.
IAIS heading toward their yard with the UP transfer.
Northbound on the Napier Sub is BNSF 8231 with a railfan Bald Eagle overhead.
Nice shots Tom, here she was at Oreapolis. Prior to 6's arrival, I was able to grab a shot of a sb OMAX load as it travelled out of the Platte River Valley.
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You did good too. Here is the west bound tank train that came after Amtrak. Interesting it also has a BNSF and a UP loco on the front. And a CP loco as the DPU. An international day. OH CANADA!! There was also an empty coal right before Amtrak that stopped on the old Missouri River bridge and waited there instead of the double track thru Plattsmouth.
Zoohogger leaves the house. 3/25/2018 Eastern Nebraska.
Zoohogger got out of the house. I took my lovely wife with me because each time she comes along I find trains.
First up Louisville, Ne. BNSF 8780 rolls west with a empty hopper train framed by two old cottonwood trees.
Then, after circling around though Ashland, we saw the tail end of a manifest, perhaps LIN LIN with consecutively numbered 9298 and 9297.
So we chased it and arrived at Gretna just in time. Not bad even though it was Cloudy, drizzly, cool, windy.
One Older photo from Council Bluffs
After the line relocations in Council Bluffs, different things sit near CEBC Junction on the original main line.
This day had a whole train the way trains should be.
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Those must be plutonium rods in the gondola to warrant three engines.
Sounds like bad weather is headed your way. Any last snow shots from the Omaha Posse before the warm weather settles in?
Omaha missed the Easter Sunday snow, but they got 11 inches somewhere in Ne or KS. Supposed to snow tomorrow and Friday. I'll go out to get the last, hopefully, snow pics. Maybe some of the other posse will join in. I'm ready for some blue sky and warm sun. This is Nebraska however, so it will probably go from snow to 90 degrees in 2 days.
Snow?
Here's one from Fremont NE on Groundhog Day, a tiny bit of snow on the ground.
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UP local, not sure what it's called but it switches Kelloggs and the industries around 102nd and I street in Omaha. This one is backing reefers into the pork processing plant across from Kelloggs. For you out of towners.....Yes that Kelloggs.
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