Catching A Train At Council Bluffs

Video starts as I was driving south on 16th Street.  I spotted a eastbound UPRR freight train crossing 16th near 9th Avenue.  I drove down Second Avenue and got ahead of the train at a neat location.  This was where the CNW had its passenger station and the little side track that points south is the famous Twelfth Street Line.  This was a fairly ordinary freight, except for the old CNW hopper, but I moved around a bit so viewers can see all the tracks and how they hook into each other.  Chances are that this train will take the "Spine Line" across Iowa.  It is also possible that it might only go up to Missouri Valley where it can be switched west and into Nebraska.  Power was three locomotives; UP# 8252, UP# 7359, UP# 8866
Recorded Saturday June 3, 2023

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