Sunday, December 18, 2011

The Best of 2011--Part 1

January 5th--CN 2131(C40-8, ex UP) leading the 
northbound L563, getting its train put together.


January 12th--Job 3 heading back from the Amana plant
with hoppers, passing Walford.

February 23rd--One of ADM's Genset switchers 
working Dry Grind in Cedar Rapids.




March 30th--A CIC switching crew pulls 73 heavy corn cars
down the main toward ADM......

.......while another crew pushes on the rear. You can
see the sanders working overtime.

April 6th--A long-lost gem of a locomotive(GP9RM) pulling
L563 into Hiawatha, IA.

April 17th--Detoured Amtrak #5 gets the green light to HIGHBALL
westbound by Beverly, IA.



April 27th--a]ADM COGEN locomotive #108(ex CIC)
waits on its next assignment at Walconia.



b]Iowa Northern's South job departing, 
passing by the Cedar River at Ellis Park.

May 11th--BNSF-led CP train crossing over the UP
heading for homerails in Clinton, IA.

Also on the same day, spotted just east of Louden was
this unpatched SP unit, #144 on a "dogged" eastbound
coal train in the longtrack.

June 1st--The Circus Train passing thru Bertram on its way
to its next show in Omaha. Train was interchanged at NS in
Chicago.

June 15th--A trio from the same train:
a]Pair of NS units on an eastbound UP train. First up was
NS 2606.....
then NS 9802.....

and wrapping up the trio is a PAN-AM boxcar.

Next week, Part 2.

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