IAIS 510 squares off with IAIS 502 at Rock Island. The 502 will be added to the rear of CBBI, which is being led by the 510.

A few hours before 2005 would be rung in, the east train begins to switch the east end of Rock Island yard.

Five URR MP15DC's are pulling for all their worth to get a loaded coke train through Dravosburg.

The empty coal from Cedar Rapids can be seen in my side mirror along the street running through Davenport.

The conductor leans out of the window to grab orders from the tower operator at West Chicago as the train crosses the triple track Union Pacific.

The Asplundh weed sprayer is deadheading back to Bureau through the massive grain elevators at Putnam.

Newly rebuilt CP SD70ACU 7015 leads CP 1401 and CP 4107 on a northbound business train through Davenport.

The westbound Bird passes under the coal chute with the Katy, an Olympic, and the Rio Grande heritage units.

Union Pacific's A-B-A set of E-9's head east on the ex-CNW. The train will turn south at Nelson and head for St. Louis.

The BNSF Barstow to Rock Island turn rarely rates 6-axle power, but on this day a former Santa Fe rebuilt SD45-2 gets the honors in downtown Moline.

Former SP 320 now patched as UP 6361 leads BNSF oil train U-TIOMIJ0-60T over Canoe Creek at the east siding switch Hillsdale, IL. UP 6361 suffered an engine fire so the long hood was repainted ... (more)

A pair of new ES44AC's and a GP38-2 arrive at the yard next to the old Rock Island depot.

An empty coal train from the Riverside Generating Station in Bettendorf, IA makes it's way south on CP's Ottumwa Sub with 6 units up front. When the loads are delivered to the plant, the units ar... (more)

Former SOO GP38-2 4405 has been rebuilt and repainted into CP colors. It is the first GP38-2 to receive the re-incarnated Beaver logo.

SD45s ruled the IMRL and this scene is no exception. An eastbound freight holds the siding while a westbound passes by on the main. Note the IMRL M-of-W bus in the middle. Scanned from a 35mm p... (more)