A Muscatine bound coal train for the CP pulls into the CP yard off the BNSF Ottumwa Sub. These trains must change directions here before heading north. The trains are also unique due to the DP set... (more)
July 2006 find a trio of IC&E SD40's rolling thru the south end of Rutledge. The train will drop downgrade into Ottumwa starting from here. The CP take over wouldn't be til 2008, so this is still ... (more)
Unfortunately the CP business train was the hottest thing around midday in Ottumwa, so the BNSF held trains and delayed Amtrak even further on their trek east. Here the California Zephyr gets goin... (more)
With an especially dirty CP AC4400 on the point, a southbound oil train makes its way into the yard in Ottumwa, Iowa where it will take the siding for a crew change and locomotive fueling. The tra... (more)
A combo ballast empty is parked in the siding at Rutledge on the CP Ottumwa Sub. The train will park til a 14:00 crew could take it to Nahant this afternoon. The train will spin power at Fruitland... (more)