A quartet of SD60MACs were built by EMD to test Siemens alternating current traction equipment and the builder’s HTCR-II radial (steerable) truck. Constructed on a 74-foot frame, the 3,800 hp SD... (more)

Northbound ballast train storms into Green Island on it's way back to Wisconsin.

On a rainy and cold afternoon, the business train continues its northbound trip down the Marquette Sub as the trees are showing some spring color.

Work has begun on the Maquoketa River Bridge just north of Green Island. Work was halted early today because of the rising water due to all the rain in the Midwest so far in October. The CP has do... (more)

A pair of new AC44CWM rebuilds from GE lead local B39 as it heads north through Iowa and crosses over the Maquoketa River in Green Island.

Locomotives:
CP 8115 AC44CWM
CP 8105 AC44CW... (more)

CP 771 leads a freight past a bucolic farm near Green Island, IA in September of 1993. The fields still have standing water in them from some serious flooding of the Mississippi River.

A southbound Crude train crosses the Maquoketa River bridge, with an ECO in charge.

A westbound freight picks up orders at the depot in Green Island as it continues along the Mississippi River to Dubuque.

Soo Line tested the Burlington Northern SD60MACs in 1993. Here, Nos. 9500, 9503 and 9502 are leading Soo Line train No. 430 and is meeting train No. 431 led by a Soo SD60 at Green Island, Iowa, on... (more)

Soo Line tested the Burlington Northern SD60MAC demonstraters in 1993. Here, Nos. 9500, 9503 and 9502 are leading Soo Line train No. 430 through the Iowa countryside north of Green Island on Octob... (more)

Soo Line tested the Burlington Northern SD60MACs in 1993. Here, Nos. 9500, 9503 and 9502 are leading Soo Line train No. 430 and is meeting train No. 431’s passing caboose at Green Island, Iowa. ... (more)

The 170 train is crossing the Maquoketa River just north of Green Island. The crew went to work at Marquette at 12:30 today and will run to Nahant for next crew change.

The St. Paul, MN, to Kansas City, MO, manifest train passes a small farmstead just north of Green Island. With CP returning or storing leased units they have sent alot of the Soo Line SD60's dow... (more)

On the day after Christmas, I headed over to the ex IC&E line along the Mississippi River hoping to find some blue and gold locomotives, preferably a solid set. Well, I got my wish... sort of... ... (more)