CP 636 slowly rolls up on Irving Park Road with the good stuff, a trio of IC&E SD40-2's.
A pair of SD40-2's, one an IC&E and the other an HLCX, await their next assignment at Nahant Yard.
While an IC&E and HLCX pair of locomotives work the Nahant Yard, an assortment of power idles at the engine facility.
In the evening light, a Nahant Yard job idles on the south end with an IC&E engine on the point.
On a scorching hot day, I set out in search of ICE power on K639, which has been a constant on ethanol trains on CSX to and from the CP lately. Today, an unusual pure lashup of 5 SD40 variants chu... (more)
Fallen flag. Iowa, Chicago & Eastern SD40-2s 6415 and 6400 prepare to depart Nahant Yard with a southbound manifest just before noon on a hazy October day. Just over two weeks later, the IC... (more)
With downtown Davenport, IA in the background, ICE power sits in Nahant Yard waiting for new assignments.
Grinding to a stop at MP2 as the train ahead turns South as Fan and RPNet Dereck gets his foggy shot
The 918 local threads northbound through Davenport with the MNACC train in tow.
IC&E's BRC-Nahant manifest enters downtown Davenport. The nice view is courtesy of the City of Davenport and their new pedestrian bridge across downtown.
The BRC-Nahant manifest passes the old DRI&NW depot in Bettendorf. It is now used by the IC&E's M-of-W department.
Sun rises on BRCHU as it waits for crew
Manifest Train from St. Paul, MN - Kasas City.