Ottumwa Trains: Winter Selections - Railfanning BNSF, CP, Amtrak, BJRY in Ottumwa, Iowa

This video is a “railfanning” compilation featuring thirty trains passing through Ottumwa, Iowa in the winter seasons of 2014-2018. Ottumwa is a city in southeast Iowa, at the junction of BNSF’s Ottumwa Subdivision, and the division point of Canadian Pacific’s Ottumwa and Laredo Subdivisions. Many different BNSF and CP trains are featured in this program from all different viewpoints in town, including coal trains, mixed freights, intermodal, autorack, as well as unit phosphate, sweet feed trains, and BNSF’s 663 local. Amtrak’s California Zephyr is also seen many times arriving at the Ottumwa station. Highlights on Amtrak include a “one unit wonder” eastbound, Amtrak’s Phase IV heritage unit, and a new ACS-64 electric trailing on its way to the Northeast Corridor. A couple scenes of Burlington Junction Railway’s switching in BNSF’s Ottumwa yard are also featured, running light from dropping off cars at the JBS plant, and pulling a long cut of cars away from a transload siding.

Trains, locations, and locomotives featured in the program is as follows:

1. BNSF Phosphate Train – Gateway Dr.
BNSF 7720 (ES44DC)
BNSF 8029 (ES44C4)

2. CP 475, Mixed Freight – W. Second St.
CSXT 520 (AC4400CW/CW44AH)
KCS 4681 (ES44AC)
DME 4002 (GP40)

3. BNSF Coal Train, Empty – Green St.
BNSF 8480 (SD70ACe)
BNSF 9171 (SD70ACe)
BNSF 6098 (ES44AC, DPU)

4. BNSF Coal Train – Green St.
BNSF 5848 (ES44AC)
BNSF 9173 (SD70ACe)
BNSF 9396 (SD70ACe, DPU)

5. CP 244, Autorack – W. Second St.
KCS 4616 (AC4400CW)
KCS 4824 (ES44AC)

6. BNSF Coal Train – Clay St.
BNSF 9193 (SD70ACe)
BNSF 6423 (ES44AC)
BNSF 9629 (SD70MAC, DPU)

7. BJRY Light Power Move – Iowa Ave.
BJRY 714 (GP7u)

8. BNSF LINGAL, Mixed Freight – Iowa Ave.
BNSF 4979 (Dash 9-44CW)
BNSF 7416 (ES44DC)
BNSF 514 (Dash 8-40BW)
BNSF 622 (Dash 9-44CW)

9. BNSF Intermodal – Market St.
BNSF 4486 (Dash 9-44CW)
BNSF 4970 (Dash 9-44CW)

10. BNSF LINGAL, Mixed Freight – McLean St.
CSXT 5352 (ES40DC)
CSXT 3089 (ES44AH)

11. AMTK 6, California Zephyr – Amtrak Station
AMTK 75 (P42DC)

12. CP 2-474, Mixed Freight – Lawler
DME 6069 (SD40-2)
DME 6359 (SD40-2)
CP 6060 (SD40-2)

13. AMTK 6, California Zephyr – Amtrak Station
AMTK 47 (P42DC)
AMTK 184 (P42DC)

14. AMTK 6, California Zephyr – Amtrak Station
AMTK 85 (P42DC)
AMTK 98 (P42DC)

15. BNSF Mixed Freight – Green St.
BNSF 9320 (SD70ACe)
CSXT 661 (AC6000CW)
BNSF 9984 (SD70MAC)

16. BNSF Coal Train – Green St.
BNSF 9143 (SD70ACe)
KCS 4007 (SD70ACe)
BNSF 9095 (SD70ACe, DPU)

17. BNSF Intermodal/Autorack – Amtrak Station
BNSF 4947 (Dash 9-44CW)
BNSF 6180 (ES44AC)

18. BNSF Sweet Feed Train – Gateway Dr.
BNSF 9148 (SD70ACe)
BNSF 7082 (ES44C4)
BNSF 4738 (Dash 9-44CW, DPU)
BNSF 5307 (Dash 9-44CW, DPU)

19. BNSF Mixed Freight – Market St.
BNSF 1036 (Dash 9-44CW)
NS 6699 (SD60)

20. BNSF Coal Train, Empty – Market St.
BNSF 9329 (SD70ACe)
BNSF 6315 (ES44AC)
BNSF 6058 (ES44AC)

21. BJRY Freight Switching – Vine St.
BJRY 714 (GP7u)

22. CP 475, Mixed Freight – W. Rochester St.
CP 9820 (AC4400CW)
CP 8786 (ES44AC)

23. BNSF Coal Train, Empty – Green St.
BNSF 8418 (SD70ACe)
BNSF 9759 (SD70MAC)
BNSF 9200 (SD70ACe, DPU)

24. BNSF Coal Train, Empty – Green St.
BNSF 6169 (ES44AC)
BNSF 6126 (ES44AC)

25. AMTK 5, California Zephyr – Market St.
AMTK 816 (P40DC)
AMTK 133 (P42DC)

26. AMTK 6, California Zephyr – Amtrak Station
AMTK 165 (P42DC)
AMTK 188 (P42DC)
AMTK 634 (ACS-64)

27. BNSF 663, Local Freight – Gateway Dr.
BNSF 2335 (GP38-2)
BNSF 2770 (GP39-2)

28. BNSF Coal Train – McLean St.
BNSF 9163 (SD70ACe)
BNSF 9348 (SD70ACe)
BNSF 8521 (SD70ACe, DPU)

29. BNSF DENCHI, Intermodal – Green St.
BNSF 5306 (Dash 9-44CW)
BNSF 6810 (ES44C4)

30. CP 474, Mixed Freight – Lawler
CP 8787 (ES44AC)
CP 8731 (ES44AC)
CP 4522 (GP38-2)

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