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By:Stu Nicholson
Dates:8/30/2013 - 8/30/2013
Album Info:The Omaha-Council Bluffs area was a great place to railfan with the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern. But we also had the Chicago & Northwestern, Illinois Central and the last few service years of both the Milwaukee Road and Rock Island.
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Track level view at former Burlington Route (now Amtrak) station in Omaha.
Title:  Track level view at former Burlington Route (now Amtrak) station in Omaha.
Description:  In this 1983 photo, you can still see part of the overhead passenger walkway that used to span the tracks between the CB&Q and UP stations.
Photo Date:  8/30/2013  Upload Date: 9/9/2013 8:35:00 PM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  107   Comments: 0
Depot at Onawa, Iowa.
Title:  Depot at Onawa, Iowa.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 8:38:13 PM
Location:  Onawa, IA
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Station,Track
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Views:  249   Comments: 0
UP freight rolls through Omaha on a winter day in 1982.
Title:  UP freight rolls through Omaha on a winter day in 1982.
Description:  The platforms in the background are from the old Burlington Station, which sat directly across from the Union Pacific's Omaha Union Station.
Photo Date:  8/30/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 7:46:44 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 2947(U30C) UP 3102(SD40-2)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
BN and SF brings a load of empties westbound past the historic CB&Q station at Omaha.
Title:  BN and SF brings a load of empties westbound past the historic CB&Q station at Omaha.
Description:  BTW: the once-grand Burlington Station in Omaha is going to finally see a new use. Local TV station KETV has bought the building and will be turning much of it into a new studio and offices....with the intent of preserving as much of the architecture as possible. To the right you can see what's left of the passenger walkway that used to connect the UP & CB&Q stations.
Photo Date:  8/30/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 8:00:12 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 5910(U30C) BN 7816(SD40-2)
Views:  409   Comments: 2
BNSF brings a load of empties westbound past the historic CB&Q station at Omaha.
Title:  BNSF brings a load of empties westbound past the historic CB&Q station at Omaha.
Description:  The BNSF line enters downtown from the south, along the Missouri River. The lines to the left are the UP Main over to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Photo Date:  8/30/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 8:03:39 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
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Views:  162   Comments: 0
UP SW-10 switches the intermodal yard at Omaha Union Station in 1982.
Title:  UP SW-10 switches the intermodal yard at Omaha Union Station in 1982.
Description:  SW-10 shoves gondola full of wheel at the small intermodal yard next to Omaha's Union Station.
Photo Date:  8/30/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 10:25:00 PM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1258(SW10)
Views:  307   Comments: 2
UP "Centennial" (DDA40X) being shopped for parts at Omaha in 1982.
Title:  UP "Centennial" (DDA40X) being shopped for parts at Omaha in 1982.
Description:  As magnificent as the huge diesels were, they werent long on the roster in service. Also some Western Pacific and Missouri Pacific units in the scrap line.
Photo Date:  8/30/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 7:55:58 PM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6915(DDA40X)
Views:  784   Comments: 2
A rare appearance by the photographer at Dow City, Iowa.
Title:  A rare appearance by the photographer at Dow City, Iowa.
Description:  Setting up for a shot along the C&NW main at Onawa, Iowa.
Photo Date:  8/30/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 8:22:24 PM
Location:  Onawa, IA
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  157   Comments: 2
C&NW blows by the depot at Dow City, Iowa in 1983.
Title:  C&NW blows by the depot at Dow City, Iowa in 1983.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 8:24:59 PM
Location:  Onawa, IA
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Station,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  204   Comments: 2
Where UPs passenger trains once stopped.
Title:  Where UPs passenger trains once stopped.
Description:  Switcher works the small intermodal yard next to Omaha Union Station in 1982. These once were the station tracks for UP and other passenger trains.
Photo Date:  8/30/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 8:28:24 PM
Location:  Onawa, IA
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1258(SW10)
Views:  291   Comments: 1
C&NW Yard at Council Bluffs, Iowa
Title:  C&NW Yard at Council Bluffs, Iowa
Description:  Typical of many engine yards, an old coaling tower still stands off to the left.
Photo Date:  8/30/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 8:30:59 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CNW 6635(SD18M)
Views:  414   Comments: 2
IC Caboose at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1983.
Title:  IC Caboose at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1983.
Description:  Wide vision caboose sit below the grain elevators at the ICG Council Bluffs Yards.
Photo Date:  8/30/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 8:40:49 PM
Location:  Onawa, IA
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  299   Comments: 0
Illinois Central Yard at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Title:  Illinois Central Yard at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Description:  A Geep and Caboose idle in the afternoon sun.
Photo Date:  8/30/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 8:33:38 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  ICG 8104(GP10)
Views:  339   Comments: 4


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