From the News-Gazette:
The Missouri-Pacific Railroad northeast of Penfield drifted closed by a blizzard, on Jan. 28, 1978.
http://www.news-gazette.com/multimedia/photogallery/2014-02-24/archives-winter-black-and-white
Bon, I am betting this is near where I lived....that's a straight shot like that with fields. The tracks that are still active are behind the creek. But there is an old railroad grade right along 255 that people 4-wheeler on now. not sure which track this was, but I am betting this is right before Mill Run.