Noah Bolte
Edmore
On the northern outskirts of Dubuque, IA, separating the John Deere Dubuque Works and John Deere Marsh, is CPKC's Edmore siding. A jointed rail, messy siding for CPKC's standards, the thing is somewhat awkwardly spaced out between the only grade crossing, stretching the distance between it and the north siding switch.
Today's subject is a merger consist of the GE variety, hauling CPKC 3-261, an extra section of the Kansas City, MO (Knoche Yard) - St. Paul, MN (Pig's Eye Yard) manifest, as it makes its way north, holding the main, paralleling Riverside Rd. If you look directly to the left of the lead locomotive's cab, you can see the tail end of the manifest still skirting along the shoreline in the far background. And yes, that's a giant antenna mounted by a magnetic base stuck right on top of the nose, wired through the cab door inside. That's one way to do it.
Taken on the CPKC Marquette Subdivision on 7/3/25.
Edmore
On the northern outskirts of Dubuque, IA, separating the John Deere Dubuque Works and John Deere Marsh, is CPKC's Edmore siding. A jointed rail, messy siding for CPKC's standards, the thing is somewhat awkwardly spaced out between the only grade crossing, stretching the distance between it and the north siding switch.
Today's subject is a merger consist of the GE variety, hauling CPKC 3-261, an extra section of the Kansas City, MO (Knoche Yard) - St. Paul, MN (Pig's Eye Yard) manifest, as it makes its way north, holding the main, paralleling Riverside Rd. If you look directly to the left of the lead locomotive's cab, you can see the tail end of the manifest still skirting along the shoreline in the far background. And yes, that's a giant antenna mounted by a magnetic base stuck right on top of the nose, wired through the cab door inside. That's one way to do it.
Taken on the CPKC Marquette Subdivision on 7/3/25.