Back in the IC&E days a northbound freight rumbles across the Turkey River at Turkey River. This location is on a bluff that has access, but I have heard sometimes snakes can be a bother up here. ... (more)
July 2006 find a trio of IC&E SD40's rolling thru the south end of Rutledge. The train will drop downgrade into Ottumwa starting from here. The CP take over wouldn't be til 2008, so this is still ... (more)
The B38 local from Mason City to Savanna is back into Iowa after crossing the Mississippi River at Sabula. This job comes out of Dubuque as B38, setouts and pickups at Savanna, and rolls back to D... (more)
After the 2:30 pm show at Savanna, the Holiday train work south for the next show at Davenport. Here the train crosses the Mighty Mississippi in front of many photographers and local residents. Ni... (more)
My 337 trip back to Waterloo from Dubuque featured this power. Usually we take the power to the fueling pad, but 338's power was in the way. So while the carman inspected our cars, and the conduct... (more)