With all the great QJ shots from Iowa, I thought I would reach back for one of my very first shots of a QJ, taken early on a freezing cold morning. 6996 is waiting at the summit of Jing Peng Pass... (more)

Mitch posted a shot of a QJ driver being worked on from the outside, John West posted a shot of a QJ driver being worked on from above, so here's one from the inside (the worker, that is)!

SP 982 now resides in front of Minute Maid Park.

In response to John West's photo ( Click Here ), you're right, that's the kind of photo you'd be more likely to see in Illinois.

Here's something you probably won't see in Iowa!

My first cab photo - surprised no one has posted this one yet. Interior of former Jitong Railway QJ #7081. The writing on the green box should put to rest the official road number of the train!

Former Jitong Railway QJ #6988 leads sister QJ #9081 and MILW #261 during an extened weekend of excursions through Iowa and Illinois. Seen here next to the Hennepin Canal. Thanks to Tom McNair f... (more)

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.

QJs 6988 & 7081 head back East after turning at the wye at Homestead, IA enroute to the old Rock Island Depot to pick up passengers who detrained earlier.

New life for former Jitong Railway QJ #6988 seen here at speed in this pan photo taken not in China but amazingly, Eastbound enroute to Bureau, IL. Railroad: Iowa Interstate Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-10-2
Location: Atkinson, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: IAIS 6988
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 16, 2006

QJ doubleheaded freight pulls into the Iowa City yard.

6988 puts on a show for the fans at Sheffield on her way back west.

After a quick pause at the old Silvis shops complex, sacred ground to Rock Island faithful, the QJ/MILW 261 triple-header thunders into the afternoon sun.

A worker/engineer takes part in an almost classic photo, as he oils QJ 9688 while it is stopped at Bureau Junction.