OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific has issued the following customer service advisory following a week of extreme weather in the Midwest. The troubles essentially close the railroad’s main line between Boone, Iowa, and Gibbon, Neb., a source close to …
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/03/15-up-updates-customers-on-midwest-weather-woes
I happened to be in Kirkwood, MO along the UP Jefferson City Sub and saw a couple of re-routes last night (3/15)…both Z trains…which rarely show up on the Jeff City Sub. I only caught the symbol one of them…believe it was ZBRG1. So I assume he was getting around the NE/IA flooding, coming through KC and then east to STL and then back north to Chicago.
Mark