2 ex Soo Line GP9's head back to Nahant yard with the Nitrin Job.

An eastbound Iowa coal train to the NS at Peoria makes its way through Moline under the cover of darkness.

The Nitrin Job makes its way back to Nahant with 2 of the 3 ex-SOO GP9s still on the roster and a pair of CITX rent-a-wrecks out of NRE.

An extra BISI-16 (156) is tied down on the siding while the SISW passes by making its daily transfer to Rock Island.

The Silvis Switcher makes it's daily transfer to Rock Island yard through downtown Moline.

The Nebraska Zephyr rolls through downtown Moline on a rainy Sunday morning.

Nickle Plate Road Berkshire 765 pulls the Bureau excursion through Moline for Trainfestival 2011. The healthy portion of smoke coming out of the stack makes the big 2-8-4 look great. Amtrak's Phas... (more)

A KCS grain move rolls eastbound through Moline towards Iowa Interstate's Silvis storage tracks, where the train will tied down for later forwarding to the DM&E at Davenport, Iowa.

Westbound return trip to Rock Island

Nickel Plate #765 arrives in the Quad Cities for Trainfest 2011, pacing the auto traffic near the Deere Commons on ILL-92.

The Rock Island Express on the BNSF Industrial slips past a parked IAIS coal train arriving in Moline. The coalie is on ex-Rock mainline iron, now used as a siding.

An Iowa Interstate eastbound passes through Moline.

IAIS' business train passes a DM&E syrup train that will follow the special across the Government Bridge at Rock Island for deliver to the DME proper at West Dav Yard.