Omaha, NE and Council Bluffs IA

[brad_in_omaha]

2/23/2008

UP, BNSF, SF, IAIS, KCS, TFM, IC in Council Bluffs, Iowa
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UP's Main Yard looking West:

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Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS)

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More "Belle" Hoppers in Lake Manaua:

The KCS Locomotives for the Belle Hoppers:

OMAX and KCS "Belle" Hoppers line up side by side:

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UP locomotives switching cars in UP's North CB year:

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UP Train waiting south of Broadway to pull north through UP's North Yard towards Missouri Valley.

Same Train "Street Running":

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Two Locomotives idling just west of UP's Main CB yard.

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Two Locomotives Heading From UP's Main Yard to UP's North Yard:

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Two UP locomotives Switching the South end of UP's Main Yard:

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Illinois Central in north CB Yard:

 

[brad_in_omaha]

4-22-2008

 

[brad_in_omaha]

5/9/2008

sorry shot wile driving:

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UP - OMAX train on the BNSF:

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UP Intermodal with SEVEN locomotives, must have been bringing in those two protable olympic swimming pools for the olympic trials...

 

[brad_in_omaha]

5/14/2008

Iowa Interstate Railroad in the Council Bluffs Union Pacific Yard:

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An Old School Canadian National Locomotive behind the Qwest Center Omaha:

 

[brad_in_omaha]

8/9 and 8/10 2008

Saturday 8/9/2008

I spent a few hours railroading this weekend... Didn't see much.

#1 - BNSF 5653 East in Downtown Omaha:

#2 - BNSF 5653 East in Downtown Omaha:

#3 - BNSF 5653 East in Downtown Omaha:

#4 - Union Pacific 6571 East in Councli Bluffs(This pic sucks because the train snuck up on me and I was not ready...)
[img]http://www.bradwilliamsphotography.com/images/UPRR_6571_001sm.jpg

#5 - Apparently the Special is already being formed in Council bluffs for next week:

#6 - More stuff at the Heritage Shops in Council Bluffs:

#7 - What is this Car on the Speical:

Sunday 8/10/2008

#8 - Union Pacific 656 Parked in Omaha:

#9 - Union Pacific 5991 waiting for a fresh crew in Omaha:

#10 - Union Pacific 5991 from the Otherside with Downtown Omaha in the background:

 

[brad_in_omaha]

8/12/2008

Tonight I grabbed my bicycle and old camera and rolled downtown. I can really see a difference between the photos I shot Saturday and the Photos from tonight. However I did not feel like lugging all that weight around on the bike!

First off when I arrived I missed an EB UPRR coal heading across the river, however I found BNSF 8717 waiting for the UP to pass so it could move on the the UP and over the river via the UP bridge.

#1 EB - BNSF 8717

#2 EB - BNSF 8717

To my surprise, I see WB BNSF 6132 sitting on the BNSF waiting for the EB BNSF 8717, or so I thought...

#3 WB - BNSF 6132

While waiting for EB BNSF 8717 to clear, I hear EB UPRR 6249 rolling in. Trying to peak between the cars of EB BNSF 8717, I am surprised when I see this, HLCX 6249

#4 HLCX 6249 on EB UPRR 6249

and then another suprise when BNSF 8717 finally clears.... It has a Caboose on the end?!?!

#5 BN Cabosse 12539 on the rear of BNSF 8717

#6 which lead to a cool shot with BN Caboose 12539 and HLCX 6249

Now EB BNSF 8171 is finally clear I can get a good look at EB UPRR 4742

#7 EB - UPRR 4742

#8 EB - UPRR 4742

#9 EB - UPRR 4742, with the Bill Clinton Locomotive 4242

#10 I hear what I thought was WB BNSF 6132 heading towards me, however it is WB BNSF 9744

#11 more WB - BNSF 9744

#12 SD70MAC 9277 on WB BNSF 9744

#13 ES44AC 6126 on WB BNSF 9744

WB is no more than gone when I hear another WB BNSF and again assumed it was WB BNSF 6132, and again I was wrong and WB BNSF 6020 comes towards me.

#14 WB - BNSF 6020

I never did see WB BNSF 6132 move.

I left for a while and rode my bicycle around downtown and came back for find Omaha's own OMAX rolling in, EB UPRR 6638 rolling in to town full of Coal

#15 WB - UPRR 6638

#16 WB - UPRR 6638

 

[brad_in_omaha]

8/14/2008


Quick one from Lunch.

UP 7273 Eastbound in Downtown Omaha, Did not see the 4141 anywhere:

 

[brad_in_omaha]

8/15/2008

Quick one on the way home tonight....

Amtrak rolling in at 11:50pm

 

[brad_in_omaha]

8/20/2008

North Downtown Omaha:

Our new ballpark and home of the college world series will be right behind this locomotive

Here is on from Sunday... Busy, Busy, Busy - 2 East Bound UP's and a West Bound BNSF:

 

[brad_in_omaha]

9/1/2008

Memorial Day Action in Omaha

1. KSC 4006 and 4620 parked in Omaha - interesting placement.

2. BNSF 2837 Backing out of Gibson Yard Caboose First

3. BNSF 2837 Still Backing

4. BNSF 2837 Stopped

5. BNSF 2837 Pulling forward getting ready to cross on to the UP and over the River in to Council Bluffs

6. BNSF 2837, the caboose heading towards Iowa

As soon as the BNSF cleared, a UP Coal came around the corner

7. EB - UP 5925

8. EB - UP 5925

9. DPU unit on the UP 5925

 

[UP2CSX]

Wow, Brad, you've been one busy guy! How old are you? You sure have a good eye for composition and lighting in your pictures. That funny looking UP passenger car is an ex-baggage car converted to provide head end power to the train since the UP is not runnning the E-8's that HEP units built in. They can now run a special with any engine available.

It's nice to see a caboose but that BN unit is sure in sad shape. You'd think the railroad could keep taggers away from railroad owned equipment, at least.

If I could ask you one favor, could you please split your posts up so you have no more than about five or six photos per post? I know everyone wants to see your shots but your post would take so long to load on dial up that users will get discouraged and cancel out before they see all your shots. Breaking them up into smaller posts makes it easier on folks with slower connections.

 

[brad_in_omaha]

Thanks Jim.

I am 30. Not really that busy, I posted these on other forums but realizing there is not much crossover between this and railroad forums, I figured I would post them here too, so I just cut and paste them.

As far as splitting them up, One, I never usually post this many pics, Two, I didn't realize these small files took that long to load, the unedited shots are 10M.

 

[OldGettysk]

Brad I agree with Jim some really pictures !!!!! And yes quite a load also !!!

 

[UP2CSX]

Brad, unfortunately, dialup users really suffer waiting for each image to load. It's not that your images are so large, it's just that they take a while when they are posted in-line. You could post them as thumbnails. When you're posting, look for the little paperclip in the toolbar. Click on the down arrow and you can attach four images per post. This will make all your posts load faster and make it easier for members to look at the bigger shots that interest them.

As far as crossover, we'll be happy see any of your pictures any time you want to post them. You do really good work.

 

[brad_in_omaha]

Two of my favorite Union Pacific Heritage Locomotives were in town over the weekend.

UP placed these locomotives in a half way decent location for shooting Sunday afternoon...

The UP1989, The Denver and Rio Grande Western

The UP1995, The Chicago and Northwestern

The two together

CN 6127 sitting in North Council Bluffs:

EB UP 8033:

Finally down at Orapolis and Buccaneer Bay:

 

[loco]

Yup, Yup, very nice.

 

[UP2CSX]

Man, it's nice to see some UP engines with silver underframes again, even if they're not exactly UP. I hated it when UP stopped painting their trucks silver. Those heritage units show how nice the standard UP units would look with silver trucks again.

 

[brad_in_omaha]

Few from Saturday

I have been busy lately and haven't posted much...

1. Canadian National backing down in to Gibson Yard:

2. EB UP5808

3. DPU on the EB UP5808

4. EB UP7699

5. EB UP7699

6. EB UP8347

7. EB UP8347

8. DPU EB UP8347

 

[UP2CSX]

Nice Pics again, Brad. Who would have ever thought we'd see the day when the CN wet noodle was switching cars in Omaha? There's something that's just not quite right about that.

 

[brad_in_omaha]

Thanks,

I forget what railroad they bought to get in to the market, but they have a yard and office in Council Bluffs. They also have sponsorship for the Local USHL hockey team.

They They use their own track, plus both UP and BNSF track to get in to Omaha. Usually they have just one locomotive in town and a flatcar caboose.