273 crosses the Mississippi River from Illinois into Iowa, rolling along the dike protecting the town of Sabula from flooding.

At Sabula, train 272 takes a right hand turn towards Chicago, passing pleasure craft parked in the Mississippi River backwaters.

The one pure DME/ICE blue lashup out of 6 trains in 2 days on the ICE was this one about to make the turn at CP Lake to head over the big river to Savanna.

A pair of CSX GEVO's make a rare visit to the DME as they cross the Mississippi River from Savanna, Illinois into Sabula, Iowa on the front end of an alcohol train.

I called this photo "Four "40's". It's still nice to see the the venerable old SD's without a new GEVO or MAC's or ACe's in the consist. Four SD40's, 2 CP and 2 CITX leased units lead the southbou... (more)

A southbound manifest with plenty of horsepower up front crosses the Mississippi River at Sabula.

A eastbound ethanol train slowly rolls to a stop. To let the local ahead of them finish up their work and head back over to Savanna IL.

Loaded unit ethanol train heads east over the Mississippi River Bridge. This train was parked for the day in the Kittridge siding.

Five days before takeover....ICE 6419 West stops at the west end of the bridge to get permission past the red signal at Sabula, giving the gathered railfans a chance to run around and get shots fr... (more)

Best time for a train to stop, ever. With 5 days left of true IC&E operations, the rush is on to capture the last days of the IC&E. Here at Sabula, Iowa, there was 7-8 railfans all capturing this ... (more)

Something I didn't think I'd get to see with only 5 days left for the ICE: an IC&E train crossing the Sabula bridge across the Mississippi.

After receiving a new warrant, ICE 6419 starts moving off the Sabula bridge and on to St. Paul.

Four SD40-2's pause a moment while waiting for a new warrant on the Mississippi River Bridge at Sabula, Iowa.

CP detour train #185 is crossing the Mississippi River at Sabula. This train will turn the corner in about a mile at Samoa and head north on the Marquette Sub for the 159 mile trip back to home ra... (more)

The tiny river town of Sabula is seen as a westbound Soo Line train crosses the mostly frozen Mississippi River into Iowa from Savanna, IL.