Ballast cars for washouts
Ice local pumps air into cars from the transfer track at the Dubuque CN yard as the engineer greets a CN engineer
In a rare move on the hack line, No 71 has received the green flag from the operator at Wood to proceed west. Note the amount of ballast that was required to bring the passenger main up to match t... (more)
Number 14, the eastbound Land O'Corn, heads towards the depot after departing Wood. The switch engine on the left is likely either the IC 430 or 432. The track panels on the left were built and us... (more)
Number 14, the eastbound Land O'Corn, pauses at Dubuque to discharge and receive passengers. All of the railroad buildings in this shot were torn down for a major highway project in the 1990s. The... (more)
Remnants of a derailment on Christmas night
I just love this location for photograhs!