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Western Railroad Discussion > BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13Date: 04/14/25 16:01 BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: MILW86A Got up early on Sunday there at Red Oak and went out early to get #6 getting around a load east of town.
This location used to be the east end of two mains at Red Oak until either BN or BNSF added about 3 more miles of track east in the mid 1990s Between the end of the two mains you can hold about 3 trains total.   Date: 04/14/25 16:03 Re: BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: MILW86A Now we are at the next bridge east of where I got Amtrak
1. EB Coal grinding up the hill slowly 2. MLINGAL 3. A Little Treat    Date: 04/14/25 16:05 Re: BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: MILW86A More action from the bridge
1. WB Hopper 2. EB Q train from Denver all JB Hunt Containers 3. Another WB Hopper    Date: 04/14/25 16:09 Re: BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: MILW86A Now we are further east at MP 423 at Nodaway Iowa which is the east end of two main tracks between here and Villisca. We had a couple of the townsfolk ask what we were doing but enjoyed the visit.
1. EB Coal 2. WB Stack withthe Kent Feeds Sign(that is for my pal AndyBrown) 3. Right behind the stacker another WB Hopper    Date: 04/14/25 16:11 Re: BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: MILW86A After the two WBs cleared Nodaway we got this 2x1 Grain Train mostly made up of ADMX cars. We got him here then at MP397 just west of Creston.
  Date: 04/14/25 16:14 Re: BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: MILW86A After lunch at Creston
1. WB Hopper Departing Creston 2. WB Hopper at Murray 3. WB Hopper at the west side of Osceola. After that headed for home. A good trip with a lot of actions. Thank you for looking MiLW86A    Date: 04/14/25 16:16 Re: BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: DynamicBrake I too like that Kent Feeds sign for obvious reasons. Thanks for sharing.
Kent in CArmel Valley Date: 04/15/25 05:32 Re: BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: RSD5 Our motorcar ( track Speeder) club rode the rail from Creston to Greenfield years ago, probably around 1995, pre BNSF times. We put the cars on the track west of the depot, then proceded on the mainline for several hundred feet and then up the branch. It was a very slow ride because the track was in horrible shape. You would roll along and hit a joint on one side, slam the car to the opposite side, then repeat about 8000 times. I remember they offered to let us ride it twice that day but believe me, once was enough!
Nice shots too. Dave Date: 04/15/25 11:17 Re: BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: trainman Son was on the 5776 ! He said they honked. Lol. Conductor.
Posted from Android Date: 04/15/25 14:02 Re: BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: AndyBrown Good stuff Dave! You got a fair amount of trains, especially like the stack trains.
Andy Date: 04/15/25 14:10 Re: BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: King_Coal Very successful trip. Thanks for sharing.
Date: 04/15/25 14:10 Re: BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: OmahaTom Wow! Busy day! A few of those coal trains were routed up through Omaha that day.
Tom Loftus Omaha, NE Date: 04/16/25 05:54 Re: BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: MILW86A trainman Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Son was on the 5776 ! He said they honked. Lol. > Conductor. > > Posted from Android We had a lot of extra whistle from several trains over the weekend including Sundays 6. Tell your son thank you! MILW86A Date: 04/16/25 06:06 Re: BNSF Creston and Ottumwa Sub Action 4/13 Author: trainman MILW86A...will do. Kinda cool that we can watch him on the Creston cam, Red Oak, and Lincoln cam !
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