Just starting to pull after having a pinion gear cut off ( locked up TM ) The Iowa Northern is coming off its line and getting on the CN Trackage rights.
About Mile post 11 and 3.3 more to get all the way up and out of the Mississippi Valley
Rolling into Manchester and passing the Cedar Rapids branch cut, Set out for the next train south.
Passing under a soon to be removed signal bridge?
Passing thru Downtown Waterloo on its way to CN trackage rights and it main at Cedar Falls.
With the weather going down hill with the wind soon to be a blizzard warning.
Working its way west with everything kind of behind the times with the cold temps.
Splitting the signals.
M337 is on the new main the old main is now the siding
Last light and a moonrise and the endangered SF cantilever signals.
As the Sunsets work continues in to the night.
Rolling across the Cedar River bridge that need Paint bad.
Winging back the drifts is a never ending battle this year and slow, In deep snow 1 or 2 MPH is about all they need to do. The wind is mostly out of the North so more ends up on the north side and... (more)
Blasting up the hill along Beth Siding. Was hoping the wind pushed more snow in to drifts but none that I had time to get to. 300x1.4 x1.6 = 672 MM
