It runs generally southwest-northeast and begins at a siding in St. James Township, Minnesota, where the Mankato Subdivision ends, and it continues to Sioux City, Iowa.
[5] Authority to occupy the main track is dispatched via CTC from West St. James to South Butterfield.
Dale Evans, the driver of a crew transport van parked nearby was also killed.
[7] On May 16, 2021, a Union Pacific manifest train bound for North Platte, Nebraska derailed and caught fire in Sibley, Iowa.
The derailment involved 47 cars which were carrying asphalt, hydrochloric acid, and potassium hydroxide.