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A pair of Operation Lifesaver units together, Chicago & North Western C44-9ACW 8818 and Union Pacific C44-9ACW 6736 (formerly CNW 8834), arrive from the east at North Platte on 11 July 1998
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A pair of Operation Lifesaver units together, Chicago & North Western C44-9ACW 8818 and Union Pacific C44-9ACW 6736 (formerly CNW 8834), arrive from the east at North Platte on 11 July 1998

  • A light engine movement heading to Neff Yard in Kansas City has a real mixture on 22 July 1998. Headed by Southern Pacific SD45-T2 9317 (furthest from camera), Union Pacific SD40-2 3076 and Chicago North Western GP50 5533 (recently renumbered from 5084, hence the odd numberboards!). A good example of UP during the change after the takeovers of CNW and SP
  • Union Pacific SD40-2 3238 leads Southern Pacific locos 4807 and 7828 through Lexington on 18 July 1998
  • The local freight service on the Burlington Northern lines at Fremont was formed of GP38-2 2295 and GP39M 2813 on 9 July 1998
  • Heading eastwards at Boone on 9 July 1998 are Chicago North Western C44-9W 8612, GE leaser LMX 3003 and Norfolk Southern GP60 7137 with a long double stack from the west coast ports
  • Very early in the morning of 10 July 1998 and I'm driving west along US30 out of Fremont - a constant stream of trains makes progress very slow! Near Ames in very overcast pre-dawn light Chicago North Western C44-9W 8621 and MPI leaser SD45 9018 hurry east with a long trailer train
  • A pair of Operation Lifesaver units together, Chicago & North Western C44-9ACW 8818 and Union Pacific C44-9ACW 6736 (formerly CNW 8834), arrive from the east at North Platte on 11 July 1998
  • Waiting to leave Fremont with coal empties on 9 July 1998 are CNW C44-9ACW 8820 and UP C44-9ACW(U) 7300
  • Chicago North Western C44-9ACW 8826 and Union Pacific GP50 5519 head east along the UP main line at Dow City on 9 July 1998
  • A very scruffy Chicago North Western GP40 5518 leads UP SD60M 6275 under the hump line at Bailey Yard in North Platte as they make their way to the diesel shop on 11 July 1998
  • Chicago North Western C40-8 8508 is at the head of a line of engines making a move from the diesel shop to Bailey Yard at North Platte on 11 July 1998. Behind it are UP C36-7 607, two SD40-2 3721 and 3471 bracketing Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8386 with UP SD60 6026 and SD60M 6263 bringing up the rear
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  • It looks as though someone overdid the weathering on the nose! Santa Fe SD40-2 6798 wears its BNSF number as it pulls a load of autoracks through Fort Madison with BN sister 8053 on 26 July 1998
  • Santa Fe GP60M 108, LCRX SF30C 9518 and Santa Fe B40-8 7424 and 7431 pass Camden with an eastbound pig train on 25 July 1998
  • Santa Fe C30-7 8109 is in the consist of a coal train at Alliance, Nebraska on 12 July 1998 - it seems to have got a replacement engine room door from a 'Kodachrome' sister
  • ATSF SD70M 8213, SD45 5375 and SD40-2 5175 pass Camden with a westbound intermodal service on 25 July 1998
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  • The mainline through Clinton is Union Pacific territory but Burlington Northern work in on a branchline to service the customers on a small yard system - GP38-2 2340 does the honours on 8 July 1998
  • The area known as The Gooseneck in Kansas City can get busy at times. In this shot from 4th Street bridge on 22 July 1988 can be seen a set of light BN power comprising GP50 3131, B30-7A 4106 and 4049 and SD40-2 7126 heading back to Murray Yard passing a transfer freight from Murray to Argentine Yard. To the right can be seen a UP coal train headed for Neff Yard behind AC4400CW 7100 and SD9043AC 8061
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