BICB20 pulls west out of Hillis siding with IAIS 627-602-628-604 after retrieving a cut of intermodal cars from storage. With the UP detour about 30 minutes behind them, the BICB crew will be partial-clearing track warrants all the way to Council Bluffs.
By: Joe Atkinson

UP's MPRCB20 is first spotted approaching county road M47, about halfway between Atlantic and Hancock.
By: Joe Atkinson

B-24 Liberator crash site memorial at the intersection of county roads M47 and G30.
By: Joe Atkinson

UP 3300 leads MPRCB20 over Graybill Creek, just east of Hillis.
By: Joe Atkinson

Approaching Hancock.
By: Joe Atkinson

Approaching county road M16, the UP detour splits the RI signals.
By: Joe Atkinson

Just east of Bentley, UP 3300 crosses Keg Creek.
By: Joe Atkinson

Cruising through McClelland, this day's detour is in the home stretch.
By: Joe Atkinson

Its journey over foreign rails nearing completion, MPRCB20 crosses Hwy. 6 on the east edge of Council Bluffs. In another five minutes they'll reach the High Bridge and call the CBSW crew in IAIS 495 requesting a track through Bluffs yard.
By: Joe Atkinson