Light power IAIS 708 heads up the Grimes line. After a couple of 40+ degree days, little remains of the 18" of snow that has fallen in the DSM area so far this winter.
Grimes local power lays over for the night under the stars.
The Grimes local with three empties out of Beisser Lumber (located at the end of the line) and a centerbeam load for Frontier Forest Products.
The Grimes local departs CB&I (Chicago, Bridge & Iron) after dropping off a load of steel.
The Grimes local with three empties out of Beisser Lumber at the end of the line and a centerbeam load for Frontier Forest Products.
With a boxcar of lumber sandwiched by a couple of centerbeams that are all destined for Beisser Lumber Company in Grimes, the local crosses Walnut Creek.
The Grimes local with a single unit has just gone on duty, rocks its way side to side over old stick rail as it passes under a berry filled crab apple tree amid impending rain. It will travel eas... (more)
Two Iowa Interstate Geeps for the Grimes Branch are parked for the overnight underneath a starlit sky.
IAIS GP38-2 718 leads the 701 downhill towards Swanson Blvd. They picked up one car at Beisser Lumber.
