New life for former Jitong Railway QJ #6988 seen here at speed in this pan photo taken not in China but amazingly, Eastbound enroute to Bureau, IL. Railroad: Iowa Interstate RailroadLocomotive: Steam 2-10-2Location: Atkinson, Illinois, USALocomotive #: IAIS 6988Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: September 16, 2006
QJ doubleheaded freight pulls into the Iowa City yard.
After a quick pause at the old Silvis shops complex, sacred ground to Rock Island faithful, the QJ/MILW 261 triple-header thunders into the afternoon sun.
A worker/engineer takes part in an almost classic photo, as he oils QJ 9688 while it is stopped at Bureau Junction.
The QJs haul a westbound manifest over the Cedar River Bridge at Moscow, Iowa.
QJs 6988 & 7081 hammer through Atalissa, Iowa with a westbound Iowa Interstate freight.
QJs 6988 & 7081 move light westbound over the Iowa River at Iowa City, en-route to Newton, Iowa.
The Riverway Excursion continues on the fourth and final journey of the weekend as "IAIS" 6988 South passes under US Highway 61 at Davenport, Iowa.
The cool QJ logo that only the 6988 possesses, attached to the front of its smokestack. It was applied sometime in the week prior to the excursions. Anyone care to translate?
IAIS 6988 leads an excursion westbound with 7081 and 261 trailing, towards Rock Island
IAIS 6988 leads an excursion eastbound with 7081 and 261 trailing
IAIS 6988 leads an excursion eastbound out of Rock Island with 7081 and 261 trailing
Friday's RiverWay 2006 excursion heads over the Cedar River as it returns to Rock Island from Homestead.
Friday's RiverWay 2006 excursion is over and the steam crews are preparing for Saturday's big triple-header.
Chow Mein Choo Choo skirts the Mississippi as it nears downtown Muscatine.
