In Iowa Interstate's Council Bluffs engine facility on May 14th, 2013, can be seen ES44AC 504 and GP38-2 712 (ex-LLPX 2319, ex-UP 437, ex-UP 1937, ex-EMDX 794, ex-CR 7994, nee-PC 7994). In the ba... (more)
In the early morning, a eastbound mixed freight slowly creeps past the former Rock Island Depot into IAIS's Iowa City yard.
Darn good advice! The late afternoon sun highlights the danger sign as 504 rolls over the farm crossing at Yocum Connection.
Big thanks goes to the IAIS crew for stopping the engine on top of the bridge to get this over under shot with a UP train leaving IHB's Riverdale yard.
IAIS 504 leads a freight train at Oxford, Iowa on the former Rock Island main line.
Finally a sunny day! 504 leads the CRIC turn through Oxford, Iowa.
The CRIC turn passes through Homestead.
An extra switch crew uses a pair of ES44AC's to switch the new Silvis yard.
IAIS 511 with BICB waits at the west end of Rock Island yard while IAIS 504 arrives with CBBI.
504 leads the daily CBBI past the remains of a Rock Island signal post on the east end of the Homestead siding.
GEVO 504 leads the east bound past the West Liberty Depot on the last full day of winter.
The conductor on a late running BICB-03 (IAIS 501) walks up to the next switch so the train can pull into the yard at Silvis while CBBI-03 (IAIS 504) pulls down the mainline in a light snow.
A pair of GEVO's, 504 and 513 head towards Iowa City at MP244.
The eastbound CBBI is rolling past the westbound BICB at the siding at North Star.