QJ 7081 stands in front of sister 6988 at Rock Island, Illinois, ready to start a big weekend paying tribute to the 150th Anniversary of the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River.
Union Pacific's E9s lead a business train east at DeWitt, Iowa.
The Hawkeye Express excursion train leaves Cedar Rapids on the Crandic interurban line, headed for Iowa City. Rock Island heritage unit 678 leads the way.
UP 1983 at Omaha in WP heritage dress.
The Council Bluffs manifest crosses the Mississippi River at Clinton.
The Riverway 2006 excursion heads north back to the Quad Cities, passing the ICE's Muscatine switcher.
Here come the "Hot Rod Hearts". MILW 261 flexes her muscles in front of QJ 7081 in the night at Rock Island, Illinois. Both these steamers, along with QJ 6988 are ready to pull trips for the River... (more)
A restored GP-9 painted as M&StL 700 sits on display at Keithsburg, Illinois.
A head-on view of ICE 4201 at NRE's Silvis shops.
The Rock Island switcher drills the yard as a Gen-set loco just out of NRE at Silvis waits to go out on the afternoon train to Chicago for deliver to UP.
The QJs race north on the ICE with the Riverway 2006 special near Fairport.
Lonely and powered down. ICE SD-40 #201 spends New Year's Eve at the north end of the Nahant ready tracks.
The "East" train crosses a frozen Mississippi River on the Goverment Bridge at Rock Island, Illinois. MLW 801 takes the point of the train at a time when system wide use of these units were common... (more)
Westbound stacks for L.A. on the BN at Buda, Illinois.
The ex-RI caboose that serves as Varner's Bed and Breakfast in Montpelier, Iowa appears to have received a fresh coat of paint.
