As the conductor of 502 West heads for the rear of his train to check for problems, the setting sun casts a golden glow over everything it illuminates.
The QJs pull the Rock Island turn out of the fog at Durant, headed for a water stop at Walcott.
Today's RIIC sport two new GEVOs, split by the #151. The train will cut off the #151 for set out before grabbing a long cut of hoppers at Twin States.
The Wilton turn nears Durant, westbound.
The Sperry Rail car sits on a house track at Durant. Get ready for more slow orders to be issued..
The Rock's Durant depot is a classic that is only a memory now. A Sperry Rail car sits on the house track.
Double-headed Chinese QJ steam locomotives blast through a small town in Iowa.
A late BICB passes the Durant cemetery, headed for a crew-train swap at Moscow with the CBBI train out of Iowa City.
IAIS 150 West through Durant, Iowa with the Rock Island turn.
The west train passes through the Iowa countryside along the remains of the old Rock Island codeline.
Rebuilt as a GP8 by the BN at the West Burlington, IA shops, IAIS 408 leads a GP16, GP7m, leased GP38, and Paducah rebuilt GP10. Only the GP16 and GP7m exist on today's IAIS roster which is now d... (more)
Nicely repainted in IAIS black/red/yellow, the 151 heads west on the daily Blue Island to Council Bluffs manifest.
IAIS 704 leads the trio of rebuilt GP38's through Durant, too bad that yellow tree in the background wasn't on this side.
