Council Bluffs (UP Yard)

Name: Council Bluffs (UP Yard)
Address: Council Bluffs, IA

Major rail hub / inland gateway · Council Bluffs, IA · Class I service: UP, BNSF

UP yard complex paired with Omaha across the Missouri River. Critical for grain, ethanol, and multimodal interchange between the Midwest and Western networks.

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This hub is one of 66 plotted on the interactive North American Commodity Flow Map — origins, ports, gateways and border crossings with their serving railroads.

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