Rock U-boats on patrol... This train is eastbound, if you look to the far right you can see Missouri Division Jct., where Rock's KC and Omaha mains split. This train is coming up off the KC line... (more)
Little pink houses for you and me. -J Mellencamp
On the Rock Island along 5th Street in downtown Davenport, MILW flood detour 1014 west gets a roll-by from a future railfan.
Our MILW flood detour reaches the Iowa side of the Mississippi River at Davenport via the Rock's crossing. It'll stay on the Rock through downtown Davenport and Missouri Division Jct., reaching N... (more)
Council Bluffs-Blue Island slides down the hill at Davenport, Iowa.
Making it's way down the long grade into Davenport, 151 East has the CBBI train. The crew will soon be calling the Arsenal bridge tender for river passage, followed by toning up the Yardmaster at ... (more)
IC&E's BRC-Nahant manifest enters downtown Davenport. The nice view is courtesy of the City of Davenport and their new pedestrian bridge across downtown.
The old 918 job heads north out of the Nahant yard limits with Oscar Meyer as a backdrop.
The Rock Island Switcher pauses on the street trackage while pulling the IC&E interchange.
The Rock Island Switcher pulls a cut of cars off the IC&E interchange. What was once the route of the Golden State Limited back in Rock Island days is now a humble interchange between the IC&E an... (more)
The 910 job returns from the Eldridge Branch under the Government Bridge while Iowa Interstate's BICB train heads west above.
By the following spring Mississippi River flooding would submerge the tracks beneath the Government Bridge under 9' of water. Here the BN local returns from upriver on trackage rights past the fl... (more)
DME & ICE power idle at ICE's West Dav Yard on a frigid February night.
DME 20th Anniversary unit #6094 idles outside in the chill at ICE's West Dav Yard office as a clerk stays warm inside, tending to paperwork.
SOO widecab in the rack at Nahant...
