CP OCS taking one of many sharp curves in between St. Paul and Davenport as they traverse the Marquette Sub. Here they are crossing the "Turkey River" in..... Turkey River.

Back in the IC&E days a northbound freight rumbles across the Turkey River at Turkey River. This location is on a bluff that has access, but I have heard sometimes snakes can be a bother up here. ... (more)

The Mason City to Davenport local freight coast as they cross the Turkey River at the siding named after the river. Today's train is not real big and a couple veteran SD40's handle the business. T... (more)

Fall Leaf train working its way back South after Turning at Marquette,IA and heading to Dubuque, IA.

Loaded unit ethanol train heads south over a frozen Turkey River. This train met two westbounds on the Mason City Sub at Ossian, IA and then had a straight shot to Dubuque, IA on the Marquette Su... (more)

The MSPKC crawls over the Turkey River Bridge as crews continue to pull cars out of the river after a derailment during 2008.

Rolling over the rebuilt Turkey River Bridge, an IC&E ethanol train heads from Hartley, IA to Chicago, IL for interchange to the NS for Sewaren, NJ. The previous bridge was damaged in the floodin... (more)

All the supplies required to rebuild the Turkey River bridge are stacked along the mainline. In the distance you will note what appear to be metal pilings driven into the river bed. There are also... (more)

Work continues around the clock to fix the Turkey River bridge. Ballast cars in the foreground were part of a northbound train that fell into the Turkey River when the southern span of the bridge ... (more)

The effects of the Great Flood of 2008 have been devastating to the Iowa Chicago & Eastern Railroad. The Turkey River overran its banks and undermined the southern support of the Turkey River brid... (more)