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  1. BuddyBurton

    Three days of train chasing in three states 1/18-1/20/2014

    great grabs!!!
  2. BuddyBurton

    MTA Officers Detain Man For Taking Photos at Station

    I don't have any love for the ACLU. Of course, we don't know the entire story so I will end my statement now.
  3. What a Drag

    What a Drag

    CRANDIC's Job 2 pulls 59 loaded coal cars toward town from the Union Pacific Fairfax Connection. The coal cars will go to the Alliant Energy Coal-Burning Generating Station on the SE-side of Cedar Rapids, IA. April 6, 2011.
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    • Media item
    • alliant crandic energy up
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  4. FLAMMABLE!!!

    FLAMMABLE!!!

    A flammable sticker on an ethanol tanker in Iowa City, IA. January 26, 2011
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    • Media item
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Detail Photos
  5. New Wheel

    New Wheel

    A crew from the Iowa Interstate Iowa City shops are changing out a wheel on a ethanol tanker. January 26, 2011.
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    • Media item
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Freight Cars
  6. On The Trail

    On The Trail

    Taken from the Cedar River Nature Trail in a low spot, EJ&E 675 passes by MP 39 on the ex-CCP main with 23 cars.
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    • Media item
    • ccp cn ej&e
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  7. BuddyBurton

    Comment by 'BuddyBurton' in media 'Red, White and Geeps'

    Love the red scheme better.
  8. Shoving

    Shoving

    A pair of CRANDIC MP15DC's shove ADM hoppers into the "P" Yard. January 5, 2011.
    • BuddyBurton
    • Media item
    • adm crandic
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  9. Fallen Flags

    Fallen Flags

    This hopper has a bit of history to it; two fallen flags.
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    • Media item
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Freight Cars
  10. White-Out

    White-Out

    A white-out doesn't deter UP Job 53 from making a transfer to the CRANDIC via the #2 track east of Beverly Yard. January 25, 2010.
    • BuddyBurton
    • Media item
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Creative Photos
  11. Kate Shelley, Old and New

    Kate Shelley, Old and New

    A view of the UP Kate Shelley Bridge west of Boone, IA. The new span was opened in 2009 after a three year project. August 11, 2010.
    • BuddyBurton
    • Media item
    • boone kate shelley up
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Bridges and Trestles
  12. Archer-Daniels Midland

    Archer-Daniels Midland

    Archer-Daniels Midland or ADM has a plant in Cedar Rapids, IA that mills, processes corn and just recently opened an ethanol plant on the campus. On October 13th 2010, an Iowa Northern train prepares to depart ADM with corn hoppers bound for Waterloo and points north. The yard is operated by the...
    • BuddyBurton
    • Media item
    • adm crandic ianr
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  13. ADM

    ADM

    ADM runs a corn milling/ethanol plant in Cedar Rapids and several railroads interchange traffic at ADM. On this day, the Iowa Northern's "South" Job works the CRANDIC "P" Yard adjacent to ADM as the train makes preparations to depart northward to Waterloo.
    • BuddyBurton
    • Media item
    • adm crandic ianr
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  14. A little more color

    A little more color

    With a little color starting to show, IAIS "Heritage" unit 513 adds a bit more color to the scenery as he will make a move eastbound from Sub 3B to Sub 3 at Yocum. 9/29/10.
    • BuddyBurton
    • Media item
    • 513 iais yocum
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Lease Units, Demonstrators, Specials etc.
  15. M-PRDM

    M-PRDM

    UP M-PRDM(Proviso-Des Moines) works the yard at Beverly with the sun setting on another summer day. August 29, 2010.
    • BuddyBurton
    • Media item
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
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