QJ #6414 is resting outside of the Yebaishou maintenance shop.

Union Pacific 5511 sees the light of day in nearly 3 decades as it sits outside of the UP steam program machine shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Union Pacific 5511 is a 2-10-2 'Santa Fe' type steam loc... (more)

The summit of the Jingpeng pass is almost reached for this pair of QJ's.

Silhouette over a frozen river.

Double header freight heading east at sunrise.

99 788 from "Öchsle Heritage Railway" runs round at Ochsenhausen, terminal station of the narrow gauge (750 mm) line Warthausen - Ochsenhausen with a length of 19 Kilometer (about 12 m... (more)

Iowa Interstates famous Chinese “QJ” 2-10-2 is seen here crossing the Government Bridge from Iowa into Illinois for the final time on its boiler ticket. This would mark the conclusion of the f... (more)

Getting a fresh start outta Newton for the Quad Cities, IAIS QJ 6988 thunders east through Kellogg with 2100 tons of freight.

IAIS 6988 crawls into Illinois over the Government Bridge with 2100 tons of freight.

IAIS 6988 slowly crosses the Mississippi River on the Government Bridge from Iowa into Illinois with 2100 tons of freight.

Making its way over the Rock River in Colona, QJ 6988 advances up to the junction, where it'll wait for a BNSF to pass before continuing on to Bureau.

Leading its train off the wye at Bureau Junction, IAIS 6988 takes it slow as it prepares for lunch in town.

#6988 is rolling right along as it passes the elevator in Mineral.

QJ 6988 is pouring the coals to it as it departs Bureau Junction for the return trip to Silvis.

After a brief stop, QJ 6988 is back on the move as it passes through the town of Mineral. While some railfans are still getting their shots, some are already enroute back to their vehicles to cont... (more)