BNSF Creston Sub in Western Iowa

The former Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy line from Chicago to Denver, now BNSF’s Chicago to Denver main, was the heart and sole of the Burlington Route. Often referred to as “the way of the Zephyrs”, this line in western Iowa where this program was videotaped, once hosted the Burlington’s Denver and California Zephyr passenger trains, the famous Fast Mail, the Chicago to Denver hot shot freight trains, and the eastbound meat trains out of Omaha and Lincoln. In spite of the favoritism shown it by Burlington officials, the CB&Q’s Denver line in western Iowa was never a major freight route and hosted almost as many passenger trains as freight trains as late as the early 1960s. Today this line still hosts Amtrak’s California Zephyr but low sulfur coal out of the Powder River Basin bound for Midwestern power plants is what has allowed this line to flourish as it carries more freight tonnage today than ever. This program shows a day and a half of action on the west end of BNSF’s Creston Subdivision west of Red Oak in western Iowa in October of 2009.  “BNSF Creston Sub in Western Iowa” is 94 minutes in length and sells for $34.95 plus $5 for S&H.  This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.