The daily MCCHU heads north through Green Island with a pair of DM&E's uniquely painted SD40-2's.
In a scene not seen everyday....CCHU's conductor climb down DME 6360's steps and gets orders from the Sabula drawbridge bridge tender....
MCCHU finally arrives Dubuque after a 90+ minute wait between Bellevue and Dubuque due to a crew change...
The 5 SD40-2's clear the Bellevue street running and open up as the highball towards Dubuque.
MHUCC finally makes its way toward Iowa as the sun sets on the small town of Mt. Carroll.
This 1929, 90 pound rail has seen better days. The DME is working on replacing alot of older rail with new 136 pound rail with their RIFT loan they received from the FRA. This section between Verd... (more)
No the picture isn't crooked... the crew happened to expire on an elevated curve and pictured is the new relief crew exchanging stories and boarding for the continued trip west.
A set of SD40-2's rumble under me as the progress west.
Highball Adeline.
With the Byron nucleor cooling towers in the background, ICE 6401 takes another notch as they ascend the minor grade into Adeline.
Running as ICE 6402 North, MCCHU cruises north past a over-flow pond from the Mississippi enroute to Huron, SD.
The daily roadfrieght is a hair bit early on this first of July....the more well known shot from this locale is on the west side of the barn....but since it is the height of the summer growing sea... (more)
A very late MCCHU heads north on the Belt with a nice set of SD40-2's. Time 07:28.
The daily ICE westbound approaches Adeline.....the cooling towers of the nuclear power plant south of Byron loom in the background....
MCCHU says hello to the town of Sabula, IA as he pokes out of the Mississippi River Bridge in town....
