I believe this car, which slipped past on River Drive as I took this picture, is older than the steam engines above it.

Former Jitong Railway QJ #6988 blows off some steam on Government Bridge as the early morning light filters through the iron girders.

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 Milwaukee Road Cedar Rapids, on the tail end of the RiverWay 2006 excursion train, passes the West Davenport Switcher and its crew patiently waiting and watching its passing.

The Sunday RiverWay 2006 double-header enters IC&E trackage at West Dav and proceeds south to Muscatine.

QJ passenger special returns to Rock Island on the top of Government Bridge while the BNSF local rolls by under the bridge on the ICE.

IC&E SD40-2s 6440 and 6426, along with DM&E GP40-2 3800, sit at Nahant Yard awaiting assignments.

Where the Rock Island Rockets once tread, QJs 6988 & 7081 cross the US Government Bridge at Rock Island, IL, celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the first railroad crossing of the Mississippi. Th... (more)

Passing over Interstate 280 in Davenport, Iowa, QJ 6988 runs light eastbound towards Rock Island, Illinois.

QJ 6988 passes light eastbound by Missouri Division Junction in Davenport, Iowa enroute to IAIS' Rock Island Yard.

Horses in the stable at IC&E's Nahant Roundhouse.

DME 6367 pulls into Nahant Yard in Davenport, Iowa with a #918 train.

The class unit sits in front of the relatively new fuel tank at Nahant. The 205 on the left is a part of the ex-IMRL SD40 deadline.

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.