A Day in the Life of Railroads of the Midwest

Railroads of the Midwest link agriculture, mining and manufacturing with flag stops, small communities and urban centers.  Stretched out across the plains, the height of prairie gain elevators mark the importance of a community and its location on the railroad.  The brief silence of the landscape is broken by the arrival of today's local freight.  It brings manufactured goods that farms rely upon.  It exchanges a cut of empty hoppers with loads of grain bound for the city.  Such is a day in the life of the railroads of the Midwest.