After completing the work at Dubuque, and finally getting permission from the BNSF Dispatcher in Fort Worth, M338 heads east across the Mississippi River.
M338 stops at Manchester to pick up the IC 9605 and one car.
Even with a yellow frame stripe, it's a real treat to get three black IC engines on one train these days! Regular Merchandise Train from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL.
With the IC SD70 class unit in the lead, CNIC manifest 338 pulls up to the yard office at Dubuque, under the US-20 bridge over the Mississippi.
Class SD70 leads southward.
IC SD70 1000, the class IC SD70, waits for its next assignment along with another SD70.
Southbound grain train passes under Highway 161 overpass heading for the yards.
Partners sit together on a cold but sunny Chicago winter afternoon. Note the IC class unit SD70.
IC 1000's controls
A look out of IC 1000
Daily freight train from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL with the Class IC SD-70 leading.
