The 2022 CP Holiday Train rides the shore of the Mississippi River during last light arriving into the Quad Cities.

Former BN GP39M 2740 leads R-CHI424 south through Le Claire.

R CHI424 is enroute from Clinton, IA to Barstow, IL as it skirts the shores of the Mississippi River in Le Claire. Leading the way is GP39E #2740, which still wears Burlington Northern Cascade gre... (more)

In the last few minutes of sunlight, a fresh beaver leads CP 474 towards Nahant Yard, and eventually, Kansas City's Knoche Yard.

An eastbound Milwaukee Road freight with a pair of leased Southern SD24's hugs the banks of the Mississippi River between Pleasant Valley and Le Claire. The SD24's eventually received Precision N... (more)

CP's southbound 474 holds the mainline at Le Claire with a pair of DME SD40-2s and the last SOO SD60M while BNSF's northbound Clinton job takes the siding with a pair of ex-ATSF B40-8W's.

KCS 4857 leads the daily Kansas City to St Paul freight through the curves at MP 181 between Pleasant Valley and Le Claire.

CP 6225 along with Soo Line 4431 head West toward Nahant Yard.

A pair of GE's power the Galesburg to Clinton manifest along the Mississippi River

A CP "feeder" train heads north along the Mississippi through Le Claire, Iowa.

With colorful lashups reminiscent of the I&M Rail Link days, CP 270-26 heads away from the camera with it's trip from St. Paul, MN to Nahant, IA almost complete. 271-27 is holding the siding and ... (more)

On a crisp Spring morning, we find a Herzog Ballast Train tied down in the siding at Le Claire.

ICE 224, a former CGW SD40, wears it's old IMRL colors with pride. This train was following the Milwaukee 261 Grand Excursion train. We decided to wait for the train rather than joining the pace... (more)

MILW 261 rolls around one of the many curves on the IC&E along the Mississippi River.