Iowa Interstate 6822 crosses the Government Bridge over the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa with one of the short 2 hour trips to Walcott.
The Iowa Interstate doubleheader rolls through downtown Davenport, Iowa on the inbound trip to Rock Island for Train Festival 2011.
The Rock SW brings a cut of cars back to West Dav after working Oscar Meyer, as rebuilt GP7 4508 sits with sister 4506 waiting for assignment. This yard is still active today configured much the ... (more)
A pair of GP7 rebuilds in bankrupt blue are spotted in the yard at West Dav., active today under the IC&E banner.
A Rock SW8 works the Oscar Meyer plant on Davenport's west side. This landmark still dominates the skyline along River Drive, but the tracks are buried and haven't been used in years.
After getting off Dri-Line trackage and crossing Schmidt Rd., the rear-end of a Milwaukee westbound grabs orders at West Dav tower, a single story structure behind the action. Perhaps someone wi... (more)
With a set of fresh orders in hand, hooped up via the Operator at West Dav, a westbound Milwaukee move makes the turn off the Dri-Line onto the shared trackage with the Rock at West Dav Yard befor... (more)
How can the Rock get no respect with colorful scenes like this? In the summer of '76 the Rock still had money for weed control and West Dav trackage gets the treatment admidst other rail activity... (more)
Proving that there WAS a budget on the Rock Island for weed control, at least in 1976, as a crew work a sprayer in the yard at West Dav, getting a good tan in the process.
A BNSF high-wide load for Alcoa's Davenport Works makes it's way northbound on DM&E's Davenport Sub, with an NS 2500 class SD-70 pointing the way.
The east train swings onto the Mississippi River bridge before crossing into the City of Rock Island.
A rail train with a pair of SD38-2s pass Missouri Division Junction on their way west to dump new rail.
DM&E's 170 train from St Paul to KC wades through the rising floodwaters in downtown Davenport. This would be one of the last trains through town before the railroad was shut down in the evening ... (more)
A "DM&E Rail System" duce waits for it's next assignment at Nahant.
IC&E 6405 is ex- UP 6760, an SD40-2 built in March of 1980.
