If you say Rutledge to railroaders around the CP/ICE/IMRL/SOO/MILW, the famed hill at Ottumwa comes to mind. This grade is a steep 1.8% out of the Des Moines River Valley leaving Ottumwa. Their ar... (more)
SPKC is in full dynamics as she slides down Rutledge Hill through some fall color on the north side of Ottumwa.