NS 5108(dead in tow) returning to Peoria after relieving a unit that broke down in the NS yard in Des Moines. The repaired unit, NS 5315, is returning on train BICB18 Monday morning in Des Moines.
Just before the expected snowstorm to arrive, I traveled down to the Iowa Interstate to catch the latest NSDMPE grain train traveling eastbound from Des Moines enroute to Peoria to be exchanged to the NS.
NS 7615, NS 9131 and IAIS 503 lead 97 cars(12 IAIS and 85 NS) by Eagle Rd NW(MP 249) east of Oxford, IA. March 12, 2017.