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Train tour guide needed; Dodge Park exhibit gets facelift
Putting New Skin...on the old Chicago, Burlington and Quincy locomotive 915 are Paul Long, 1234 Westside Drige [sic], and Lowell Stuvick, 715 Fifteenth Ave. The men, employees of Nelson Heating and Air Conditioning, are replacing rusted sections of…
Train work gets push
Checking For Damages...from vandalism and severe winters. John Batt assesses what needs to be done to the old locomotive in the train exhibit at Dodge Park, Batt, superintendent of parks, said $2,000 donated by Burlington Norther Railroad will be…
Railroad Veteran Primps For Its Coming Out Party; Destined For Display
Engine Number 814...gets an admiring glance from Union Pacific roundhouse foreman Earl J. Webb, 3610 Fifth Ave. Webb is in charge of the restoration project on the huge locomotive.
100th Anniversary Of Lincoln's Visit To C.B.
Lincoln and Dodge...'what's the best route?'
Dodge Was Key Figure in Making City A Railroad Center
Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge
The Development of Railway Transportation in Iowa
A document about railway transportation in Iowa published as a reference aid for teachers and students in conjunction with the Iowa Centennial in 1946.
Union Pacific Bridge Carries Transcontinental Traffic
Over the Union Pacific bridge, pictured in the foreground above, passes the nation's transcontinental traffic. The bridge carries the passenger trains and most of the freight trains of all railroads between Council Bluffs and Omaha. In the background…
IC Works From Both Ends to Repair Flooded Track; 12-mile Stretch Damaged
Roller Coaster Roadbed...faces Illinois Central crewmen for two miles where rails and ties sagged of their own weight when roadbed was washed out.
Railroad Tracks "Vanishing"
Railroad tracks belonging to the Chicago Great Western Railroad Co., are disappearing from the scene in the southeast part of Council Bluffs. Five sets of tracks have already been torn up and trackage pictured in foreground is slated for removal in…
Unbuilding a Railroad
Once loose, the rails and ties are lifted by a crane into a car. This scene is just east of Highway 375 overpass. The job is expected to take most of the summer to complete. Photos by Jack kennedy.
Unbuilding A Railroad
Since the Chicago Great Western Railroad has been taken over by the Chicago and North Western, the Great Western yards are now being stripped of rails and ties. A crew of seven college students and regular employes [sic] started to dismantle the…
New Power For CGW
Edward T. Reity, president of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company, accepts delivery of one of eight powerful new diesels the line is placing into service this month from R.L. Terrell (on left), vice president of General Motors and general…
Great Western Railway Adopts Ex-Bluffs Man's Caboose Plan; New Car More Versatile
New Caboose...being inspected by Louis Caparelli and Carl Cramer, is the "176" built in Council Bluffs by the Great Western Railroad and roundhouse crew.
Chicago Great Western Has New $60,000 Facility
New Facility...viewed from the trackside is the Chicago Great Western Railroad's new combination depot, yard office and freight house. The passenger section is at left with glass entrance. Yard office facilities are at center and freight house at…
Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad Bridge
photo of bridge, taken on the bridge and looking straight across it
on back of photo:
file 12/88
Chicago Central & Pacific
Swing-span bridge
Missouri River west of CB
on back of photo:
file 12/88
Chicago Central & Pacific
Swing-span bridge
Missouri River west of CB
Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad Bridge
Chicago Central & Pacific dual span swing bridge over the Missouri River west of Council Bluffs has been battered by elements and attacked by vandals but still provides steady service for daily trains. In the summer river navigation season, the…