We’re at Iowa State University for my daughter’s Odyssey of the Mind World’s Finals competition. I went for a walk this morning towards downtown Ames where the Union Pacific mainline comes through (Clinton Subdivision, I think).
I’m guessing that this was the Ames passenger station in a previous life:
So, with nothing in sight, I walked up to the next block to check out Main Street when I heard a rumble. No horn? Doggone it, Ames must be a quiet zone, and this guy snuck up on me:
I missed the head end but figured I’d wait to see if there was a DPU. Sure enough! UP AC44CWCTE No. 5908:
On the way back to campus, this westbound unit train was led by NS AC44C6M No. 4782 and UP ET44AH No. 2635:
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