Western Railroad Discussion > Canadian Pacific in Iowa, minus one ditch light

Last June I visited family. Along my drive I encountered a CP train near Ossian, IA. On June 8th I drove past this nice S curve, and wished I could be lucky enough to catch a train. I kept driving to Calmar, where I saw a CP eastbound waiting. Just as I arrived it whistled (horned?) off. So I headed back to the curves at Ossian. As luck would have it, one ditch light was burned out, making the photos look odd. Ah well, the railfan gods are laughing at me.

All Photos near Ossian, Iowa June 8th, 2017.

Al Seever
Phoenix, AZ



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/27/17 15:57 by alco636.

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Neat curve. Big power on that old line to Mason City, so business must be good.

RAGBRAI will be heading down that highway tomorrow I believe.

King_Coal Wrote:
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> Neat curve. Big power on that old line to Mason
> City, so business must be good.


What is the usual business that's on this line and about how many trains does is account for?

SD80MACfan Wrote:
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> King_Coal Wrote:
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> > Neat curve. Big power on that old line to Mason
> > City, so business must be good.
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> What is the usual business that's on this line and
> about how many trains does is account for?

Grain and ethanol mostly,,I think its around 4-6 trains a day.
JC

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Only one scheduled train each way per day. With the recent purges CP only has a couple of dozen SD40-2s left. They do have the SD30C-ECOs and the SD60/SD60M locomotives but they are scattered system-wide.