The famed triple header is under way at Rock Island heading east to Bureau Jct.
Real mainline steam railroading was coming to an end. During the last year of the JiTong Railway's steam operations, the volume of visiting railfans multiplied. Here the buses of two tour groups ... (more)
Standard 2300-tonne train with the usual pair of QJ's. So hard to believe these giants are now gone!
Passengers change trains at Drei Annen Hohne.
What can I say.... I had a craving for Chinese today and as luck would have it, I still had some left-overs from September of '06. Rail Development Corporation's QJ #6988 sits in Iowa today, alon... (more)
The trio of steamers high ball out of Colona and cross the scenic Rock River.
The mighty steam loco's power down and deccelerate for the BNSF crossing at Colona.
For a brief moment, four crew members are silhouetted simultaneously as they go about their duties during the servicing stop at Jingpeng.
The steamers pull into Geneseo on their return trip to detrain particular passengars and water the loco's.
With Milwaukee Road 261's single chime Leslie air horn blaring... the triple header thunders around a curve leading into the town of Tiskilwa.
After wying the trainset on the Peoria Branch, IAIS 6988 heads back west toward the Quad Cities passing under an historic RI cantilever signal.
For once there is no wind and the exhaust stays clear of the train at this most exposed location. Simingyi viaduct is above the exhaust, and beyond that the long Xiakengzi straight.
Rare picture of a special passenger train in Jing Peng pass.
For my teacher Derek P.
