"Dri line #1 switches at Bettendorf, Iowa

Built in 1901, demolished on June 21, 2016 by the IL-DOT for the new I-74 bridge over the Mississippi River. History is lost after preservationists failed to save the building.

A rare shot of a DRI-Line switcher in Chinese Red, parked under the US 67-Centennial Bridge decking. On the right is John O'Donnell Stadium, the home of the Class A Angels in the Midwest League. ... (more)

"DRI" line Alco S3 might be mistaken for an S4; the large radiator transplant was the result of wreck damage repair. The small stack gives away the non-turbo diesel.

DRI&NW and Milwaukee Road switchers around the roundhouse at Nahant after the Rock Island shutdown.

DRI&NW switcher and transfer caboose at the East Moline depot - after the Rock Island shutdown the DRI&NW took over the local switching duties of the Rock.

The DRI Line job just in from Rock Island ties up for the last time at Bettendorf Yard on the last day of operations.

Remember the "DRI-Line"? It'd been close to ten years since this terminal road was blown up, and assets split between BNSF, and CP rail.