Just in from Iowa City, QJ 6988 ties up at Iowa Interstate's Rock Island Yard.
QJ 6988 pauses for a quick inspection at the ex-RI Depot in Wilton, Iowa during it's eastbound run light to Rock Island, Illinois.
QJ 6988 passes light eastbound by Missouri Division Junction in Davenport, Iowa enroute to IAIS' Rock Island Yard.
QJ 6988 takes a breather in front of the ex-Rock Island depot in Iowa City after it's first shakedown run out to Homestead and back.
IAIS's BICB train departs Iowa City behind QJ 6988.
A pair of QJ's head into the sunset, on their climb to the Jing Peng Pass.
After taking water and cleaning its fire, QJ 6981 prepares to lead a doubleheaded freight west from LinXi over JingPeng pass.
Contractors assemble the driving rods, and perform other set up work on Chinese QJ 7081 at IAIS's Iowa City shops.
Your basic 21st Century shot of doubleheaded 2-10-2's.
The two Chinese 2-10-2's are currently stored in Rock Island. Here they sit with IAIS GP38-2 704 by the yard office.
The fireman appears to have the firing valve open about as far as it will go to keep steam pressure up. This line climbs to about 13,000 feet above sea level.
The morning line up at Daban.
The frame shop at Chang Chun Repair works, with QJ 2-10-2's being overhauled.
It's just before sunrise, a dusting of snow covers the ground, and the two QJ's are working hard before shutting off in the summit tunnel.
