The rear DPU's of two loaded coal trains meet in Creston, Iowa as they pass by the 1899 built CB&Q station as they head east. A solo AC4400CW brings up the rear of the C NAMJOJ0 67A bound for Jopp... (more)
BNSF 3160 sits offline in the Creston Yard waiting for assignment.
Passing over a bridge on the BNSF Creston Sub. on the west side of its namesake town is BNSF Train E PEKNAM0 77. The clouds in the background are a precursor to what the afternoon was to bring (a... (more)
A pair of loaded BNSF coal trains await crews near the west end of Creston Yard.
A passenger sits back and relaxes while looking out the window with another passenger sleeping in the Sightseer Lounge on Amtrak #5 as we do our station stop here in Creston, Iowa. Just outside th... (more)
A former BN GP35 and a former Santa Fe GP40X wait for their next assignment.
A set of BN GE C30-7's are just west of Creston, Iowa, with an early BNSF coal train.
An eastbound rolls into Creston for a crew change on a foggy September morning.
The California Zephyr rolls into Creston couple hours late. Amtrak needed some help form the UP, so this tunnel motor was placed on the head end of #6 for the ride into Chicago. The Creston Operat... (more)
An ex Santa Fe Warbonet sits idle on a cold winter night in Iowa.
The Omaha-Creston local power basks in the last bit of 2005 sunlight in the Creston yard upon tying up its New Year's Eve operations.
County Road P39 frames this typical farm scene with an eastbound coal drag idling at a red signal. The friendly crew kindly stopped short of the farm road crossing.
BNSF 9542 idles at a farm road crossing east of Creston, IA.
BNSF 9542 stands tall in the farmlands of Southern Iowa.