With the bulk of its train still on the bridge over the Mississippi, GTW 5852 bends west with cars from the Illinois side into Iowa.

CN switcher rolls into Dubuque as the sun starts to set

Robert M. Spautz, deceased, 1st trick operator at Wood from mid 60s until after CTC was installed in the early 70s. As noted in a comment, the torpedo cigar is classic railroading, and not exclusi... (more)

IC 6203 leads IEI empty coal west thru Dubuque

Eastbound CGW manifest enters interlocking at Dubuque Junction. The pot signal near the front of the 2nd unit governed eastbound movements on the former westbound track, which was used for access ... (more)

CMStP&P manifest moves past Wood on its way south. Note the three flags on the side of the building that operators used to authorize movements in the daytime--green for the IC, yellow for the MILW... (more)

A loaded Ethanol train passes through downtown Dubuque. The Dubuque Court House is in the upper left corner.

An extra train from Mason City to BRC's Clearing Yard in Chicago is entering CN trackage for the short trip through downtown Dubuque. If you look closely, you can still see the Chicago Central Gr... (more)

The eastbound Land O'Corn (No 14) pauses on the "hack" line at Dubuque to take on and drop off passengers. Building behind the engine is the IC Freight House, which was torn down in the 1990s to m... (more)

Looking RR east. This shot was taken after the 1965 Mississippi flood waters receded to the point where the tracks were usable again. Note the three switches that operators threw by hand. There wa... (more)

CB&Q steam excursion pauses on the Illinois Central passenger main (the "hack" line) at Dubuque. Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances, this beautiful engine was scrapped around 1969.

100 Ethanol loads roll into Dubuque

Freshly painted 9612 heads up the weed sprayer train