EMD SD70MAC 9765 along with another EMD struggles eastbound up grade from Ottumwa, Iowa and the Des Moines River Valley with a load of coal.
BN (ex CB&Q) GP30 prepares to depart with eastbound train.
N&W's Moulton - Ottumwa local engine runs around its train at the John Deere works in Ottumwa.
Morrell Packing Plant switcher. Does anyone know what happened to this locomotive?
Milwaukee F7's await the call at Ottumwa, Iowa roundhouse.
Eastbound freight, behind BN GP30 (CB&Q) paint prepares to leave Ottumwa.
SPKC easies its way thru yard limits at Rutledge before decending down the 1.6% grade of Rutledge Hill to get into Ottumwa.
This photograph was taken in 1978, but it could easily have been taken in 1958
ICE 6431 South, an FMCKC symbol, rolls up to the yard office at Ottumwa for a crew change. Idling ICE 6423 stands nearby.
Shiny new locomotives fresh from the factory pulling empty coal cars westward.
