The westbound BICB waits on the siding for the eastbound to clear the main.
The paint is already worn off the snow plow on new GEVO 513 as it leads the CRIC through Homestead.
513 leads a short CRIC eastbound.
After a short delay due to an automatic switch that would not reverse, the crew of the CRIC 513 east slowly creeps up the east leg of the Yocum Connection wye and onto the IAIS east main.
Rock Island heritage GEVO 513 gets it introduction to winter. After plowing drifts for the last thirty miles, the east bound CBBI passes through Homestead on a blue sky winter morning.
The snow and wind has stopped and the sun came out as Rock Island heritage GEVO 513 blows through a four foot snow drift.
513, dodging snow flakes, has been uncoupled from the west bound train and moves through the west switches in the Iowa City Yard waiting for the east bound CRIC to come in.
While going through some of my dad's pictures, I came across this one of RI E8A 649. His notations on the back was the last Rocket north out of Fairfield, Iowa dated only as 1971. Considering it's... (more)
The deep drifts have not stopped GEVO 504 from getting through. Here 504 blasts through one of the many drifts she has encountered between Newton and Ladora on the way to Iowa City.
A pair of IAIS GEVO's lead the Iowa City to Rock Island turn past the grain elevator in Downey, Iowa.
Rock Island heritage GEVO 513 rolls past the ex-Rock Island Depot in Iowa City on the first day of February.
GEVO 513 crosses onto the main to set out a cut of grain hoppers on the north siding for the ICCR turn.
Shortly after the sun has come up, 513 has finished the switching chores and backs across the yard to pick up more power to head east.
The black, red, and white of new Rock Island heritage GEVO 513 stands out against the blue sky as the CBBI heads east.
With the sun shining for the first time in a week, new Rock Island heritage GEVO 513 crosses First Avenue in Iowa City as it leads the CBBI towards the Quad Cities.
