Five days before takeover....ICE 6419 West stops at the west end of the bridge to get permission past the red signal at Sabula, giving the gathered railfans a chance to run around and get shots fr... (more)
Best time for a train to stop, ever. With 5 days left of true IC&E operations, the rush is on to capture the last days of the IC&E. Here at Sabula, Iowa, there was 7-8 railfans all capturing this ... (more)
Something I didn't think I'd get to see with only 5 days left for the ICE: an IC&E train crossing the Sabula bridge across the Mississippi.
The bluffs of the Mississippi River Valley are decked out in fall colors, whose days are numbered with the cooler weather. Much as scenes like this are probably numbered with the CP takeover in 5 ... (more)
After receiving a new warrant, ICE 6419 starts moving off the Sabula bridge and on to St. Paul.
Four SD40-2's pause a moment while waiting for a new warrant on the Mississippi River Bridge at Sabula, Iowa.
A matched set of SD40-2's thunder up grade out of Adeline with the Byron, IL nuke cooling towers steaming in the background.
HUCC waits for a empty potash train to clear on the siding at Dubuque
An MSPKC train comes down the west bank of the Mississippi near LeClaire, Iowa.
A southbound manifest swings off the south leg of the wye at Sabula Junction, headed for Nahant Yard at Davenport.
Not much room for a railroad. ICE's St Paul - KC manifest heads through the street running along the Mississippi River in Lansing, IA.
With a warrant good to milepost 167, ICE 6419 South departs Clinton, Iowa with a #918 train.
North siding switch lined for main 6419 ready to head north
I was the conductor that day and the one that took the photo.
