Photo taken at 2:22am, outside temperature -22? (-8F) with wind.

On the return trip from South Amana during its final run, the crew and passengers take lunch at Brooklyn which also allowed for a meet with the eastbound road freight CBBI. After about an hour in ... (more)

Iowa Interstate 6988 blasts off from a brief stop at Grinnell continuing on to South Amana during its final run before its 1472 inspection.

The last steam hauled mainline passenger train in the world, the Express train Jining Nan -Tongliao

IAIS 6988 leads a excursion East near Wilton.

IAIS 6988 leads a excursion East into Durant.

Shortly after sunrise, IAIS 6988 leads a Eastbound deadhead move through Oxford.

A coal train hauled by the Skoda built 205-7M is leaving the Capivari station.

Coal train between Tubarao and Jaguaruna on the Dona Teresa Cristina system.

In front of the Wernigerode workshop three different types of steam locomotives are waiting for the night. 99 6001 (2-6-2) build in 1939 by Krupp in Essen, 99 222 manufactured in a series of 3 loc... (more)

After the excursion, 6988 was wyed in Newton here and backing up to be put away for the night, while the CBBI manifest waits for a crew to take the train east.

After dropping off the majority of the train in the siding, 6988 heads east to wye in South Amana, past an old decrepit barn.

On the final run before going down for it's boiler rebuild, 6988 spent the weekend hauling freight between Newton and South Amana. Here, it is seen on Saturday morning pulling the water tender, to... (more)

A few minutes after sunrise, 6988 is seen getting prepared for it's final runs before the locomotive's 1472 is up.