A crewman prepares B&SV 2-8-2 8419 for a day out on the line.

The Boone Time Machine... Charles City Western car No. 50 (built in 1915) passes the former Fort Dodge Line freight station in downtown Boone, Iowa. Electric traction was popular in Iowa up th... (more)

Inside the cab of B&SV's Chinese 2-8-2, built by Datong in 1988.

No. 8419 performs a photo runby during a special NRHS convention charter.

B&SV's Chinese 2-8-2 is prepared for a day of service at Boone. Around 160 people rode the "Scenic Line" as part of the 2012 NRHS Convention.

Storming out of Boone
With thunderstorms moving east, a westbound Chicago and North Western freight storms out of Boone, Iowa, during the last rays of sunlight.

CNW 7026, 8045, 8047 roll coal empties west over the Kate Shelly bridge west of Boone.

Getting the BSA 2010 wasn't planed but will take it as most trains ran East before the clouds filled in. They are on the new bridge, It is behind the old one. And yes the the new one is an odd des... (more)

An Eastbound gets ready to depart Boone,Iowa.

A Westbound manifest is just East of Boone,Iowa on a windy March day.

Minneapolis & St. Louis RS-1 244 poses at the YMCA camp with a vintage freight train on the Boone & Scenic Valley. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Boone & Scenic Valley 6540 rolls past the YMCA camp between Fraser and Boone, Iowa. No. 6540 is a model FP9A, and was built by General Motors in July 1958 as Canadian National 6540. It became Via ... (more)

Minneapolis & St. Louis RS-1 No. 244 rolls across Bass Point Creek in the beautiful Des Moines River Valley.

Early morning light finds RS-1 244 switching its train down near the B&SV's storage yard.

RS-1 244 performs a photo runby at the quarry spur near Fraser.