People move to West University for a quiet place to live. To live in a city within the city.

What plenty of folks on Community Street have now reminds them of another place on the map.

"I describe it to other people it’s like an Iowa Feed Lot,” said Joel Stelling.

"The smell has gotten so disgusting,” said Alana Kirsch.

It doesn't look much better. A now pungent mess. It came from six train cars that derailed in these back yards July 2.

The derailment dumped tons of grain into people’s yards. The mess was just left, to rot.

"I'm just concerned what this mix, what this mush it. As you can see, it is really polluted and it is not moving. It is just sitting behind out houses,” said Stelling.

Kirsch used to be a stay at home mom with her young son. Now she is a stay in home mom because of the smell.

"He (her son) won't leave the house now without a blanket over his head because he can't stand the smell. Then he runs to the car as fast as he can. I have to guide him,” she said.

The railroad brought in heavy equipment to get the cars and much of the lost grain out.

But they haven't been back in three weeks.

"We do apologize for the inconvenience however, it has been raining. And the type of equipment we need to do the clean up it cannot be supported on the wet ground,” said James Barnes of Union Pacific Railroad.

The railroad says that at least a week of dry weather will be needed before it can bring in equipment.

That was not the answer residents are looking for.

"You could just get a crew and clean it up do what you possibly could. Or at least make it seem like you are doing what you possibly can,” said Kirsch.