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The Union Pacific main line across Nebraska and Iowa is all about moving large amounts of Powder River coal to the east and South with almost half of the trains being huge 100 wagon plus coal trains. At 7 in the morning Union Pacific AC4400CW 6877 and C44-9ACW 6789 arrive at Boone to be re-crewed for their journey eastward.
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The Union Pacific main line across Nebraska and Iowa is all about moving large amounts of Powder River coal to the east and South with almost half of the trains being huge 100 wagon plus coal trains. At 7 in the morning Union Pacific AC4400CW 6877 and C44-9ACW 6789 arrive at Boone to be re-crewed for their journey eastward.

  • Another load of coal empties heads back to the Powder River and passes Fremont on 9 July 1998 behind UP C44-9ACW 6596 and 6571.
  • Passing Fremont on 9 July 1998 are UP C44-9ACW 6676 and CNW C42-8 8564.
  • Union Pacific C44_9ACW 6691 and SD9043AC 8185 curve through Sugar Creek with another load of coal on 25 July 1998.
  • Union Pacific C44-9ACW 6753 and C40-8 9143 head a load of full Burlington Northern hoppers east through North Platte on 11 July 1998.
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  • Union Pacific C44-9ACW 6818 and SD9043MAC 8240 are heading back to Bailey Yard with a train of coal empties at North Platte on 11 July 1998.
  • Union Pacific C44-9ACW 6832 and SD9043MAC 8185 pull away from North Platte on 11 July 1998.
  • UP C44-9ACW 6834 and 6754 are paused at Fremont with a train of hopper wagons on 9 July 1998.
  • Leading a long manifest train westward through Marshalltown on 8 July 1998 were UP C44-9ACW 6854, SD90MAC(SD9043AC) 8163, CNW SD40-2 6871 and UP SD40-2 3698.
  • The Union Pacific main line across Nebraska and Iowa is all about moving large amounts of Powder River coal to the east and South with almost half of the trains being huge 100 wagon plus coal trains. At 7 in the morning Union Pacific AC4400CW 6877 and C44-9ACW 6789 arrive at Boone to be re-crewed for their journey eastward.
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