HBR 5009 and another Hudson Bay SD50 leading the IR 105 job back North towards Peru where they would tie up for the day.
Iowa Interstate bound for Blue Island ducks under the Hwy 89 underpass at Spring Valley on the former Rock Island mainline.
Illinois Railway's Zearing Job, which had been working with two units, has left an ailing CF7 behind as the train heads North on the branch towards Zearing on Friday morning Feb. 17, 2012. STEVE... (more)
On a beautiful, winter's morning, the IR's 104 Job crosses a wooden trestle in Spring Valley, passing over a lonely road in the woods.
Illinois Railnet CF 7 # 3 is crawling across a timber trestle north of Spring Valley, Illinois on its trip to Zearing and interchange with BNSF. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO
After dropping off all but 3 cars in Ladd, the Zearing job crosses a rural road on a trestle in the woods north of Spring Valley, headed for LaSalle.
The pair of CF7's cross over yet another scenic wooden trestle as the sounds of a pair of F7A's fills the air, bouncing off the surrounding trees.
