Western Railroad Discussion > Union Pacific using Trackage Rights on the BNSF Ft Madison Iowa

Two weeks ago July 23 2020 I caught this Union Pacific double stack crossing the double deck Fort Madison Swing Bridge in the background above Old Fort Madison on the right, the downtown Ft Madison ATSF station is on the left. I did not know that UP had trackage rights through here until I saw the train and looked it up today. So how many Union Pacific trains run through Ft Madison on the trackage rights and why? This was only my second time in Ft Madison. I drove there to ride Amtrak to Galesburg and back and took this afterwards. 

Jim

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I think the UP has rights to run somewhere between 6 and 8 trains but others may know the more exact number...
 

Marty Harrison
Knob Noster, MO



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/07/20 18:21 by livesteamer.

They’ve been running the ZCIG2 and ILBG4 eastbound and IG4SI and ZG4CI westbound

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SantaFe Wrote:
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> They’ve been running the ZCIG2 and ILBG4
> eastbound and IG4SI and ZG4CI westbound
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> Posted from iPhone

UP has been running more than 2 each way recently. Depends on the day of the week. Recently UP ran 7 trains in 24 hours past the La Plata cam, 4 east and 3 west.

Allen

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UP has had trackage rights for a number of years now on this line. It was one of the conditions attached to the merger of Santa Fe and BN in 1996.

I have friend whose son is a UP engineer on that run.  They love it.  Was looking for a UP train the other night, didnt see one but might have missed one.

Bob

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> I have friend whose son is a UP engineer on that
> run.  They love it.  Was looking for a UP train
> the other night, didnt see one but might have
> missed one.
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> Bob

There is often UP eastbound around 3 pm CT

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Thank you all for the replies. It was like the old times, hang out at a track and be confused by what shows up. Unlike the old times though we can ask here instead of making up something at the slide show.

Jim