My first cab photo - surprised no one has posted this one yet. Interior of former Jitong Railway QJ #7081. The writing on the green box should put to rest the official road number of the train!
Former Jitong Railway QJ #6988 leads sister QJ #9081 and MILW #261 during an extened weekend of excursions through Iowa and Illinois. Seen here next to the Hennepin Canal. Thanks to Tom McNair f... (more)
I believe this car, which slipped past on River Drive as I took this picture, is older than the steam engines above it.
Former Jitong Railway QJ #6988 blows off some steam on Government Bridge as the early morning light filters through the iron girders.
QJs 6988 & 7081 head back East after turning at the wye at Homestead, IA enroute to the old Rock Island Depot to pick up passengers who detrained earlier.
New life for former Jitong Railway QJ #6988 seen here at speed in this pan photo taken not in China but amazingly, Eastbound enroute to Bureau, IL. Railroad: Iowa Interstate RailroadLocomotive: Steam 2-10-2Location: Atkinson, Illinois, USALocomotive #: IAIS 6988Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: September 16, 2006
QJ doubleheaded freight pulls into the Iowa City yard.
6988 puts on a show for the fans at Sheffield on her way back west.
After a quick pause at the old Silvis shops complex, sacred ground to Rock Island faithful, the QJ/MILW 261 triple-header thunders into the afternoon sun.
The QJs haul a westbound manifest over the Cedar River Bridge at Moscow, Iowa.
QJs 6988 & 7081 hammer through Atalissa, Iowa with a westbound Iowa Interstate freight.
QJs 6988 & 7081 move light westbound over the Iowa River at Iowa City, en-route to Newton, Iowa.
The Riverway Excursion continues on the fourth and final journey of the weekend as "IAIS" 6988 South passes under US Highway 61 at Davenport, Iowa.
The cool QJ logo that only the 6988 possesses, attached to the front of its smokestack. It was applied sometime in the week prior to the excursions. Anyone care to translate?
IAIS 6988 leads an excursion westbound with 7081 and 261 trailing, towards Rock Island
