A westbound Z train crosses the IC&E in Savanna.

An eastbound BNSF manifest flashes through the crossing with an NS Dash 9 in the lead.

A pair of ACs lead an eastbound Z train under the Hy. 52 bridge and into Savanna from the Palisades.

An IC&E westbound departs Savanna after changing crews. In the foreground is the double-track main of the BNSF's Aurora Sub.

A westbound Z train meets a manifest in Savanna just south of the Palisades.

A single AC GEVO pulls a long string of grain empties westward along the shore of the Mississippi.

An eastbound stack train exits the Palisades at the start of CTC on a humid afternoon.

A westbound BNSF Z train hustles along the shore of the Mississippi at the Palisades.

A DC GEVO leads an eastbound stack train through the Palisades. The hillside in the distance is in cloud shadow.

In the last light of the day, a string of VeraSun hoppers makes its way along the Mississippi at the Palisades.

GEVO 7626 leads a westbound Z through the Palisades (as seen from Lookout Point).

Late in the day a low sun reflects the image of two CSX GEs in the Mississippi River as they pull a BNSF unit grain train westward through the Palisades.

The setting sun is just peeking out from behind a cloud layer as an eastbound train of VeraSun hoppers passes the Palisades.

An eastbound BNSF Z train heads south along the Mississippi at the Palisades.

A small group including myself, Tom McNair, Erik Rasmussen, and others, beat the crowds by heading river-side for a wonderful shot of the Daylight next to the Mighty Mississippi.