In the morning light, a BNSF yard job idles at the east end of the Lower Yard. In 24 hours, this location will be packed full of first generation diesel and steam locomotives for the 2011 Train Fe... (more)
It's the first night of Train Festival 2011 in the Quad Cities as a pair of Amtrak heritage locomotives idle on a private varnish train from Chicago. Thunderstorms developed quickly this evening a... (more)
The gang's all here! Two Iowa Interstate QJs and NKP 765 bask in the late afternoon sun in Rock Island after their arrival in town for Train Festival 2011.
This old wooden caboose was spotted sitting on the roundhouse tracks. A person would be hard pressed to find any remnant of this ex-Q property, which was directly behind (north of) the Rock Islan... (more)