Roundhouse: (Satellite)
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| Street View, Oct 2021 |
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| Mtnclimberjoe Rail Photography posted The rear DPU's of two loaded coal trains meet in Creston, Iowa as they pass by the 1899 built CB&Q station as they head east. A solo AC4400CW brings up the rear of the C NAMJOJ0 67A bound for Joppa, Illinois, while a pair of SD70ACe's are on the rear of the C WTMOTL0 11B as it waits for a crew to take it to the CP interchange in Ottumwa. ====Info==== 11/14/2021 BNSF Creston Subdivision Creston, IA BNSF C NAMJOJ0 67A (Coal Loads; North Antelope Mine, WY to Joppa, IL) BNSF 5686 AC44CW Blt. 2004 BNSF 6873 ES44C4 Blt. 2012 (DPU) BNSF 5692 AC44CW Blt. 2004 BNSF C WTMOTL0 11B (Coal Loads; West Thunder Mine, WY to Louisa Generating Station: CP - Ottumwa, IA) (DPU) BNSF 9226 SD70ACe Blt. 2008 (DPU) BNSF 9366 SD70ACe Blt. 2006 |
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| Michael Emerson Avitt posted February 17, 2011 - CB&Q depot in Creston, Iowa. Built in 1899 the station serves Amtrak and houses city offices today. |
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| Michael Emerson Avitt posted Creston, Iowa. |
While looking for the location of the depot, I noticed the remnants of the roundhouse. It appears they do have a couple of locomotives for locals.
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| Satellite |
The railyard still has most of its tracks. The yard usage is obviously dominated by coal hoppers. But BNSF does serve some ag industries on the east side of town.
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| Satellite |
The CB&Q used to have a north/south route as well as an east/west route. The east/west route is the BNSF mainline between Chicago and Denver. The routes shared the depot because the north/south route joined the east/west route through town.
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| 1981 Creston East and 1980 Crest West Quads @ 24,000 |
The north/south route has been abandoned except for the remnant to the north which is now an industrial spur. In fact, all of these Iowa routes except for the east/west mainline and the eastern branch up to Des Moines have been abandoned. According to the 2004 SPV Map, many of them were abandoned by the CB&Q, and the remaining ones were abandoned by BN.
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| 1902 CB&Q |
I had noticed that the grain elevator has a lot of ground piles.
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| Satellite |
Instead of loading trucks with a wheeled loader, this elevator uses a special loader that has augurs in front that feed a conveyor. The only place I remember seeing one of these was a Tonka toy.
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| Matt Smith, May 2021 |
Here it is in action.
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Matt Smith, May 2021 |
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