The QJs depart Walcott after taking on water.

Double-headed Chinese QJ steam locomotives accelerate over the Iowa River in Iowa City, Iowa.

Two Chinese QJ steam locomotives and Milwaukee Road 261 shake the ground in Bureau, Illinois.

Double-headed Chinese QJ steam locomotives blast through a small town in Iowa.

Pacing the QJs across Iowa as they head to storage at Newton.

IAIS 6988 leads IAIS 7081 and Milwakee Road 261 eastbound on the Iowa Interstate

Triple headed steam on an eastbound Riverway excursion.

The QJs race north on the ICE with the Riverway 2006 special near Fairport.

The Riverway 2006 excursion heads north back to the Quad Cities, passing the ICE's Muscatine switcher.

Day two of Riverway 2006 with tripleheaded steam arrives at Rock Island.

IAIS 6988 leads the tripleheader westbound

IAIS 6988 leads the tripleheader east

QJ 6988 spins on the turntable at Council Bluffs. Note that its large front numberboard has been removed. This locomotive was not used in the lead during the photo charter because of a problem w... (more)

I love the gritty, dirty side of steam railroading. This is the right hand side eccentric crank on QJ 6988.

Chinese Steam Special crosses the Mississippi River on its way into Davenport.