Hello Red, The shunting work of Iowa Northern and the supply of wagons for loading soy and ethanol are interesting. The drone footage is very nice again. Thank you for the great video and best wishes from Germany. Wolfgang
Thank you for this video at Iowa Northern Railroad's Butler yard in Shellrock, Iowa. The drone footage of the crew flat switching in the yard was fascinating to watch! The ethanol plant and the Trinity Rail facilities near Butler yard are impressive. (Posted 26 October 2024 at 1918 CDT.)
How do they kick the cars without a ramp? It seems after they uncouple and back up to get the loose car rolling the cars would just recouple? 🙂🙂 Thanks, my friend! 😃😃
Hard to think but if you went back to the Rock Island days virtually everything you shot today did not exist back then. I'm sure trying to kick ethanol tankers whether empty or loaded can be frustrating. Now that any of these plants are capable of producing trains it's a good thing there is room for expansion. Between aggressive marketing and acquisitions over the last several decades Trinity may now be the largest railroad freight car equipment leasing firm in North America as they operated over 140,000 cars. This is their big Midwestern shop certainly for tank cars thinking of all the syrups veggie oils and ethanol that get shipped from this area. The three big items include the interior washing of cars. The interior Linings of the cars so they don't contaminate the product and also to make sure the steam connection lines work so that the products flow correctly during colder weather. While their Fleet of mechanical reefers and insulated boxcars is smaller they have to be in tip top shape considering many of those loads are dairy products or meat that have relatively High values. As Autumn starts to disappear and the short days just around the corner the Shadows were truly long being almost three tracks wide. Thanks for the coverage of these big rail served Industries
@paulbergen9114 You're welcome Paul! That yard looks like it's set up for some additional tracks. You may have noticed a horn during the video. The horn was the trackmobile at the new soy plant on the South side of the park. I wonder how long it takes to clean out your average tank car? Looks like a lot going on at Trinity👍
Kicking cars is something you’re seeing less of all the time. You really have to be paying attention when using this Method but Class I’s still prefer Hump Yards.👍
Very cool Iowa northern train and a butler Yard nice actions in shellrock Iowa red nice 🙏👍
@Diegoiowa Thanks Diego!
Thanks for the yard action, Red. I enjoyed it! 😃😃😃❤❤❤
@garymiller5937 You're welcome Gary!
@redsiowatrainvideos6645 😃😃
Well done Red. Especially on a windy day. The drone was really working. Love watching them bump cars.
@davidsnider1703 Thanks David S! Yeah I was limited on fly time with the wind.
Do you think you will move up to the air 3s
@davidsnider1703 I've researched it a bit. My new controller won't work with it. Better give it a year or so for bugs.
@redsiowatrainvideos6645 I agree waiting. I don't have a screen controller, but let them work out the bugs
Keep bring us the variety that you do, do 🤠 Red. I was in the Shell Rock area earlier this week.
@jeffreyerickson3050 Sure thing Jeffrey👍
Hello Red, The shunting work of Iowa Northern and the supply of wagons for loading soy and ethanol are interesting. The drone footage is very nice again. Thank you for the great video and best wishes from Germany. Wolfgang
@@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530 Hey Wolfgang! Lots of corn and beans here in Iowa to keep railroads busy👍
Great to see Iowa so well portrayed again... it's beautiful out there any time of year.
Great Drone Coverage as Always, Red. 🤔👍🙏
@kens.3729 Thanks Ken!
Very cool
@@EntertainmentWorldz Thanks EW!
Very cool. The American Way. Agriculture, transportation, and industry working seamlessly together to git 'er done.
Very well made video. Thank you.
@oldad6207 You're welcome ol'Dad!
Hello Red . Very cool corn plant nice info 👍🏻😎 drone shots 👍🏻😎 Robin out .
@@robinroberts3335 Yo Robin! Lots going on around there👍
Great Vid as always Red!! I think I was heading to Allison close to the time you were recording this!
@marksmith402 Thanks Mark!
Great video always like the yard work , interesting to watch.
@davidpierce1837 Thanks David P!
Most of us never get off the beat'n path. Refreshing to see how a yard works since we don't get to be where you may roam 😎.
thanks Red great switching spot
@ronaldrondeau7870 You're welcome Ronald!
The Iowa Northern has some of the best-looking power on the rails! It's sad that they'll be going away. 😢😢
most authentic model railway, even the little men look real.
I will miss seeing the Iowa Northern.
@michaelbuss5731 Me too Mike. Trying to catch all I can👍
Nice catches!
Nice seeing you at NCIMRRC
@DPU.proMN.IA. You too DPU productions!
Beans 🫘 and Corn 🌽 are the Top Producing and GOD knows we Consume Plenty of both. Thank GOD for American Farmers producing Food to Survive. 👍🙏
Alcohol to water down the gasoline.
Good Video .
@jonathansabatino3987 Thanks Jonathan!
@@redsiowatrainvideos6645 great drone work . also if possible please add captioning , it helps for hard of hearing people like me thank you .jonathan
I know 2 gals that work at the Shell Rock station as inspectors.
Think it would be Trinity Rail.
Thank you for this video at Iowa Northern Railroad's Butler yard in Shellrock, Iowa. The drone footage of the crew flat switching in the yard was fascinating to watch! The ethanol plant and the Trinity Rail facilities near Butler yard are impressive. (Posted 26 October 2024 at 1918 CDT.)
@thomasmackowiak You're welcome Thomas! That place has grown a lot in the last 5 years.
That yard could use some more tracks in that big empty space between the other tracks
looks like material coming out of CN hopper after bumping into line of hoppers at 5 30
With the CN purchase, will there be much change to the existing line?
@@edbetsworth2772 I would guess most operations would remain. Possibly more interchange with the UP?
🚂😎👍🚂
Is all that open space future yard area?
@@ronhill5118 Looks like it to me.
How do they kick the cars without a ramp? It seems after they uncouple and back up to get the loose car rolling the cars would just recouple? 🙂🙂 Thanks, my friend! 😃😃
Hard to think but if you went back to the Rock Island days virtually everything you shot today did not exist back then. I'm sure trying to kick ethanol tankers whether empty or loaded can be frustrating. Now that any of these plants are capable of producing trains it's a good thing there is room for expansion. Between aggressive marketing and acquisitions over the last several decades Trinity may now be the largest railroad freight car equipment leasing firm in North America as they operated over 140,000 cars. This is their big Midwestern shop certainly for tank cars thinking of all the syrups veggie oils and ethanol that get shipped from this area. The three big items include the interior washing of cars. The interior Linings of the cars so they don't contaminate the product and also to make sure the steam connection lines work so that the products flow correctly during colder weather. While their Fleet of mechanical reefers and insulated boxcars is smaller they have to be in tip top shape considering many of those loads are dairy products or meat that have relatively High values. As Autumn starts to disappear and the short days just around the corner the Shadows were truly long being almost three tracks wide. Thanks for the coverage of these big rail served Industries
@paulbergen9114 You're welcome Paul! That yard looks like it's set up for some additional tracks. You may have noticed a horn during the video. The horn was the trackmobile at the new soy plant on the South side of the park. I wonder how long it takes to clean out your average tank car? Looks like a lot going on at Trinity👍
Kicking cars is something you’re seeing less of all the time. You really have to be paying attention when using this Method but Class I’s still prefer Hump Yards.👍
Does Trinity do interior or exterior cleanining, or both? 🙂🙂
Average number of trains pass by your place daily
Hump yard , lol