A #232 manifest departs Nahant Yard with an SD-35 leading the way.
Making it's way down the long grade into Davenport, 151 East has the CBBI train. The crew will soon be calling the Arsenal bridge tender for river passage, followed by toning up the Yardmaster at ... (more)
The QJs stop for a drink with a little help from the Walcott volunteer Fire Department before continuing east into Rock Island Yard.
With no meet scheduled, a westbound holds the main through Cotter.
CR 6715 East, with the "INPI" hammers the diamonds at Marion on a warm early spring afternoon.
A westbound manifest with a pair of SD-60s pass Columbus.
ICE's 918 Local brings the "MNABR" manifest south, past Alcoa's Davenport Works en-route to Nahant Yard.
LLPX 2809 West leads an ICCR turn past the former Rock Island Depot at Iowa City enroute to the CRANDIC's Smith-Dows Yard at the southwest end of Cedar Rapids.
A very late West train has the #512 in the lead, with a generous cut of ethanol empties tucked behind.
Nickel Plate #765 West brings it deadhead move into the Quad Cities, crossing BNSF's Barstow Subdivision at Colona.
An eastbound Iowa Interstate detour move charges the hill near Orion on the Barstow sub, destination Galesburg and then the Peoria sub to IAIS rails in Peoria proper.
#952 eases into the west side of Jacksonville. After a stop at Decatur, this extra will continue eastbound towards Detroit.
An eastbound manifest clears in the siding at Chapin, allowing an OCS special to get by in orderly fashion.
The East train slugging through Homestead behind GEVO class unit #500.
Rock Island heritage unit #513 pays homage to the RI depot at Wilton while leading a short "East" train towards the Quad Cities.
