A quartet of IAIS's handsome GP's hustle a coal train north of Sparland.
Iowa's Bureau switcher takes a cut of cars from the north side of town to the yard as their day of switching draws to a close.
The empty coal train negotiates the BNSF connection in Colona. A diamond existed prior to a BNSF derailment which resulted in a pair of switches. You can still see the old alignment, now used by... (more)
The empty coal train exits the BNSF Quad City Industrial and re-enters IAIS trackage. The BNSF branch to Barstow continues straight while the IC&E Nitron Branch splits off to the right.
The west train passes through the Iowa countryside along the remains of the old Rock Island codeline.
The second section of CBBI shoves down the IHB with 720 and 701 on the head, and using 707 as a make shift caboose.
