KCS ACes head up an IAIS syrup train being handed over to the IC&E at West Dav Yard.
Iowa Interstate QJs 6988 and 7081 lead ICRI down the street running in Davenport, dubbed as the longest steam powered freight of the 21st century.
A tardy West train out of Rock Island passes through the junction behind a GE-EMD combo.
The stone train pulls at Nahant. Back then this train rated a caboose.
The conductor on the East train's power braves a sunny, but cold Iowa afternoon while they crawl west, back towards their train, having just finished the DM&E set out at Taylor Street.
On the last day of independance, several IC&E engines await their next assignment or servicing at Nahant Yard. On January 1, the IC&E would cease to exist, being folded into the DM&E.
The Iowa City turn heads east for Rock Island yard, seen here passing the junction in Davenport.
IC&E 6419 sits next to the stretched-out Iowa and Illinois state flags on New Years Day.
A 20th-anniversary emblem graces the side of a DM&E loco at Nahant Yard.
IC&E 4200 changes switch crews at the yard office.
DM&E 6070 South pulls up to the yard office at the extreme north end of the yard.
DM&E 3801 idles in front of the yard office that is laced with icicles.
GP38 3801 idl;es next to the yard office.
With the 10th anniversaty seal on its nose, DM&E 3800 switches the north end of the yard.
A GP40-2 switches the north end of the yard in a mild snow storm.
