It's a showdown! QJ 7081 and MILW 261 have a stare-off in the night at Rock Island, Illinois.
The lady in waiting. Milwaukee Road 261 and train poses elegantly on beautiful night at Rock Island, Illinois.
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)
MILW 261 trickles out steam & smoke while sitting in BNSF's Lower Yard at Rock Island, IL.
Passing over Interstate 280 in Davenport, Iowa, QJ 6988 runs light eastbound towards Rock Island, Illinois.
Just in from Iowa City, QJ 6988 ties up at Iowa Interstate's Rock Island Yard.
QJ 6988 pauses for a quick inspection at the ex-RI Depot in Wilton, Iowa during it's eastbound run light to Rock Island, Illinois.
QJ 6988 passes light eastbound by Missouri Division Junction in Davenport, Iowa enroute to IAIS' Rock Island Yard.
QJ 6988 takes a breather in front of the ex-Rock Island depot in Iowa City after it's first shakedown run out to Homestead and back.
IAIS's BICB train departs Iowa City behind QJ 6988.
Horses in the stable at IC&E's Nahant Roundhouse.
DME 6367 pulls into Nahant Yard in Davenport, Iowa with a #918 train.
IC&E's #918 turn comes south out of the hole at Bettendorf, Iowa after meeting the northbound #918. Power from sister road DM&E leads the charge.
IAIS 701 East brings "CBBI" into Iowa City Yard for a power swap-out, and a fresh crew for the journey to Rock Island, Illinois.
"MPRCB" rolls past Clarence Elevator with UP heritage units pointing the way.
The Hawkeye Express brings Iowa fans into Iowa City and Kinnick Stadium for the football game with Montana behind IANR F-40 #678, painted in a Rock Island inspired scheme.
IANR #678 carries football fans on the Hawkeye Express towards Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa for the game versus Montana.
"Cows for the Katy!" UP 1988 with UP 1982 second out herd up an "MPRCB" train past the New Liberty auction barn at Mechanicsville, Iowa.
IAIS's "CBBI" manifest passes the Hawkeye Express football train at Coralville, Iowa, getting a lookover from a crewman on the football special.
CNW heritage unit 1995 heads west with an "MPRCB" freight.
Make sure you get behind the ears! IMRL 202 gets a quick whore's bath at Nahant before getting out on the next assignment.
A #232 manifest departs Nahant Yard with an SD-35 leading the way.
The horses hang out at the Nahant ready tracks back when I&M Rail Link ruled the roost.
CNW 8646 hides out in the dark at UP's yard in Belvidere, Illinois.
IMRL manifest #232 comes eastbound at Davenport, Iowa with SD-40 #204 on the point.
Nahant 911! A Davenport Fire Department truck makes a cameo roster "mug" with a couple of ICE SD-40-2s on the ready tracks.
ICCR, led by IAIS 703, tunnels through the trees just east of Homestead, Iowa, ready to get on the Crandic Line to Cedar Rapids.
IAIS 703 leads a "BICB" train at Atkinson, Illinois.
IAIS's "RISW" job passes under Illinois Highway 5 eastbound with ballast for the new Silvis siding.
RISW dumps some ballast in the new "Silvis" siding under contruction near Carbon Cliff, Illinois. Recently shopped and painted #601 provides the power.
A westbond stack train checks out the new crossovers installed near Grand Mound, Iowa.
The Conductor on ICE's KCSP train calls the Yardmaster at Nahant for landing instructions where the train will be re-worked, and kicked out of the yard later in the afternoon.
ICE's #918 train pulls a cut of cars from the IAIS interchange at Missouri Division Junction.
Chicago Central manifest train #50 pokes out of the tunnel at East Dubuque, Illinois.
Contractors assemble the driving rods, and perform other set up work on Chinese QJ 7081 at IAIS's Iowa City shops.
CIC job #22 crosses the Iowa River near the Old Capitol building in Iowa City.
A look inside IAIS' Iowa City shops has the 710 getting some attention before being sent out on the next assignment.
BICB passes the ex-RI Depot at Morris, Illinois.
BNSF's Northtown-Galesburg manifest powers up the hill eastbound at Ophiem, Illinois.
After a long wait at Minnoka, we get IAIS's BICB train with 713 leading the way. IAIS trains often are stabbed by work locals as they travel on CSX trackage rights between Joliet and Bureau, Illin... (more)
A trio of SD-40-2s hustle light towards the Nahant Roundhouse at Davenport. This set of power will be used on an "MNABR" manifest later this afternoon.
The BNSF Barstow Job passes John Deere Commons in downtown Moline, Illinois with a pair of 2000 series GP-38-2s in the "swoosh" scheme.
UP 1995 West passes Clarence Elevator with "MPRCB" on another hot Iowa afternoon.
CNW Heritage unit 1995 pops into a sucker hole at Malone, Iowa with the Proviso-Council Bluffs manifest.
ICE 6410 North heads up an "MKCSP" train west of Buffalo, Iowa.
Westbound stacks at Wheatland, Iowa. Led by SD-70ACe #8485.
MPRCB comes off the Mississippi River bridge at Clinton, Iowa with UP 1995 in the lead.
UP 1995 West passes Malone with MPRCB on a blazing hot Iowa afternoon.
UP 1995 continues on it's maiden voyage with "MPRCB" westbound at Wheatland, Iowa.
ICE 6421 North paces vehicle traffic on Iowa Highway 22 with an "MKCSP" train.
ICE train "MKCSP" comes in to Buffalo, Iowa; early December 2004.
A GEVO led stacker slams westbound through Dahinda, Illinois.
A Heritage I painted Dash-8 40B leads an autorack train westbound at Williamsfield, Illinois.
An ICE feeder train moves north through LeClaire, Iowa with a pair of KCS ACes on the point.
DME 6369 South brings the #918 train home from Savanna, passing the Davenport Bank building as the train approaches West Dav Yard.
ICE's #918 train hammers south through Princeton, Iowa lead by sister road DME 6369. After meeting a UP train rerouted due to track work on UP's east west main in Iowa, 918 has a straight shot hom... (more)
UP 949 East approaches CP Brophy with an eastbound executive special.
Union Pacific's E9s lead a business train east at DeWitt, Iowa.
A baretable train passes westbound at Lake Malone near DeWitt, Iowa with SD70ACe #8378 leading the way.
IANR 3801 East passes Clarksville with the Waterloo job.
With a warrant good to milepost 167, ICE 6419 South departs Clinton, Iowa with a #918 train.
IANR 3805 East readies to depart Manly for switching at Nora Springs, then further on to Waterloo.
IANR power gets teamed up for a trip down to Waterloo on an eastbound manifest.
Iowa Interstate's BICB train does another reverse move, detouring back to 5th & Taylor Street, and IAIS rails.
Iowa Interstate's Blue Island-Council Bluffs manifest freight passes the station sign at Stockton, Iowa on a warm August afternoon.
"That's a good eater!" Babe Winkelman would be proud of the hardcore bass fishermen getting ready to fire up a local bass tournament while the crew of MSPKC holds the main at LeClaire siding to me... (more)
IAIS 710 West approaches the Central Park Avenue grade crossing with a late running BICB train.
IAIS's BICB train pauses at ICE's West Dav Yard before reversing up to home rails at Missouri Division Junction.
IAIS 710 heads up a detouring BICB train off BNSF's Crescent Bridge en-route to ICE's West Dav Yard.
After detouring over BNSF's Crescent Bridge due maintenance on the IAIS's usual route over the Mississippi River at Arsenal Island, IAIS train BICB does a reverse move from ICE's West Dav Yard, up... (more)
WSOR 4001 idles at Janesville. The unit will soon leave for Horicon on a JH manifest freight.
The WSOR "HJ" job cruises south on the WC high iron towards home rails at Waukesha.
ICE GP-9 #103 heads up the #914 local as it works north to Clinton, Iowa.
The BNSF Barstow, IL job runs on IC&E track north towards ALCOA's Riverdale rolling mill, ducking under the Iowa Interstate's bridge over the Mississippi River at Davenport, Iowa
Eastbound roadrailers wisk through Bement, Illinois in October of 1997.
A westbound manifest out of Clinton, Iowa passes Lake Malone on a cold February afternoon.
Eastbound stacks for the C&I; A former BN SD-40-2 heads up a stack train just off the LaCrosse Sub, and takes the Chicago way via the C&I Sub at Plum River.
An eastbound BNSF intermodal train passes through downtown East Dubuque.
A Kansas City-Chicago "Q" train passes Ethyl, Missouri led by four SD-70M warbonnets.
ICE's #919 job departs Nahant Yard with manifest for IPSCO's Montpelier steel works.
Due to repairwork on the Government Bridge, an Iowa Interstate "CBBI" train lead by IAIS 625 detours eastbound over BNSF's Crescent Bridge to gain home rails at Rock Island Yard.
Back in the day the 400's ruled the roost, IAIS 407 leads the "BICB" train west out of Davenport, Iowa.
Rerouted due to trackwork on UP's east-west main in Iowa, UP 5547 leads a stack train south on the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern at LeClaire, Iowa. This train will take the ICE main to Polo MO, then gra... (more)
BNSF 4242, a B23-7 stands down in the yard at Councli Bluffs.
An ICE empty grain train moves north under IAIS's Mississippi River Bridge northbound at Davenport.
A nose on view of WP tribute unit UP 1983 at Omaha.
UP 1983 at Omaha in WP heritage dress.
The Mopac's eagle is proudly displayed on heritage UP 1982.
A southbound CSXT Auto Rack train clears the interlocking at Deschler.
The ICE #914 local passes Lake Davenport with lone ICE 4208 providing the horses.
