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Chasing some train(s) in Council Bluffs. One today KCS 4621 AC4400CW (prototype for an Athearn model) delivering grain cars and then moving over to the IAIS. And the captive 4-6-0 CB&Q 915 at the Railswest Museum.
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Then 1974 and now 2020 from today. Where the BNSF crosses 72nd St near Ralston NE. Newer is from north side older from south side
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Pretty trees for a fall experience
 

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A gray PNW kinda day in Nebraska finds UP 6664 crossing the Papio Creek just south of Bellevue NE. and a little farm pond in the hills south of Plattsmouth NE
 

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5828, 5869, 5872, 6017, 6022, 6075, 6078, 6111, 6163, & 6179 These are the numbers of the 10 25th anniversary BNSF units
 
3 from Saturday. Across the cornfield is the DPU's of a BNSF train west of Oreapolis. A view down a creek it just crossed 2 seconds before I stopped. And a UP train at 14th St in Omaha waiting to go west. The scrap steel gons and the front lead me to believe this is a train bound for Columbus and transfer to the Nebraska Central.
 

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The 500 is at Valley NE and a power transfer move westbound at East River Iowa. Came off the Napier Sub, from Kansas City probably
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A few medical issues not related to Covid have cramped the railfaning for a bit, but was finally well enough to ride the Santa train in Boone IA today. Rode in an Ex Metra bi-level commuter car. Nice ride down the river valley through the leafless trees.
 

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Happy New Year!! 20 degrees with Rime Ice on the trees and bushes. Rime ice is the result of fog freezing on things. Railroads were busy today. At Fremont NE I found 4 UP trains, two standing BNSF locos, and heard one BNSF on the scanner heading toward Fremont.
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Another gray day. But hey, we are alive and trains are running. Some visitors from far away. An old green one and a train of really clean tank cars. And a UP train at Valley waiting for a crew. If I heard right it is LNA01 the Lincoln turn heading back to Council Bluffs.
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