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Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
There are times while traveling the back roads in Iowa, I find views and landscapes of simplicity . . . and beauty!
Pristine blue skies, puffy clouds, native prairie grass and this island caught in the middle. "It's not what you look at that matters, It's what you see!" - Henry David Thoreau
Copyright 2017
Three Iowa Interstate trains meet at the west end of Silvis yard. CBBI (504) enters the siding while PEDAV (150) and BICB (500) wait to head west.
December 8, 2017.
The Rio Grande Ski Train was leased for the University of Iowa's 2004 football season to provide an alternative way to get to Iowa's football games.
The shuttle service was a good way to help keep the streets clear of drunk-ass college kids pre and post gaming during Hawkeye games.
For over 15 years, the Hawkeye Express passenger train has been a part of the Hawkeye football gameday experience. An average of 3,700 fans boarded the train in Coralville and enjoyed a 10-minute trip to Kinnick Stadium each game during football season.
Covid-19 killed it off.
The Dubuque, Iowa to Manchester, Iowa local (I believe) returning to Dubuque in golden light as it passes a Bio-Diesel facility outside of the small town of Farley, Iowa. On returning home from Bellevue, Iowa I followed the CN tracks for a small distance, and then heard this train talking to CNRR customer service on the radio about returning to Dubuque. Upon hearing their rear end telemetry device squawking, I realized he was pulling out of Dyersville, just a few miles away. Although there was a lot of foreground clutter, it was the best I could do as there was no access to the tracks between this public crossing and where the train was.
The Iowa State Capitol, commonly called the Iowa Statehouse, is in Iowa's capital city, Des Moines. As the seat of the Iowa General Assembly, the building houses the Iowa Senate, Iowa House of Representatives, the Office of the Governor, and the Offices of the Attorney General, Auditor, Treasurer, and Secretary of State. The building also includes a chamber for the Iowa Supreme Court, although court activities usually take place in the neighboring Iowa Supreme Court building. The building was constructed between 1871 and 1886, and is the only five-domed capitol in the country. Source: Wikipedia
It's the first summer without the Chicago and North Western as now-former CNW SD60 8011 rolls east through Calamus with the new bosses' C30-7 2528 and a repainted SD50 5086 (CNW 7026) along the old North Western main across Iowa in 1995.
The 8011 went on to the lease fleet after Union Pacific was through with it and the trusty SD60 eventually found itself at Juniata Shops in Altoona, where Norfolk Southern rebuilt it as SD60E 6928.
Iowa Traction Railroad running between Emery and Mason City, Iowa. The last freight-only interurban electric railroad in the United States.
Passed through Iowa City this morning on a return trip from Chicago and got to snap a few shots of bald eagles
Hard to catch these little guys...they seem to rarely stop for refreshments. It's sitting on the Lamb's Ear. If you look at it large, you can see it's pretty eyes better.
Union Pacific coal load C-BTPL-26 was between Lisbon and Mechanicsville on the Clinton Subdivision on a cold day in 1997.
Former Chicago and North Western C40-8 8521 and Conrail C40-8W 6206 had the coal stretched out on the frozen Iowa farmland.
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For months now I've been working on a set of pictures called "Dreamscapes", with often a touch of fantasy in my images. This one, today, is a bit different, more on the realistic side. However, a kind of serenity in this landscape (Pixel Dreams) caught my eye, so I post it (back to fantasy next Friday). You'll tell me if you like it or not !
(As often, bigger is better)
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Landscape : Pixel Dreams.
Textures : AnOrderOfFish on deviantART - many thanks !
Hometown Day here at Team Pizza. A few views of my home, Possum Parts, Iowa. (There was quite the violent argument many years ago when some folks wanted to change the name to Whistlepig, Iowa.)
Dillon Fountain, a local fave.
The most recent owner of the farm informed me that the barn dates back to at least 1940. When the owner acquired the farm, the barn roof leaked and the barn was in a state of decline. In 2022, the owner hired area Amish builders to a put a new roof on the barn.
Iowa Interstate's ALCO C420 850 and MLW M420W 801 were being moved around the tiny yard in Iowa City back in 1996.
Today's IAIS is a completely different railroad.
While I was driving to DSM, I heard some chatter on the radio as I approached Iowa City, so I decided to see what was going on. I was assuming that it was the BICB, but was pleasantly surprised to find the 712 working the ICSW (?) in the yard, and then down the Hill Track.
Ever since the new yard was built in South Amana, use of the Iowa City yard has diminished, and I was really happy to get to see something working in this compact, old Rock Island yard.
9/5/21
Clinton, Iowa.
I got the virus from the " install flash player" scam now going on. I have to delete Google and re-install. I'll be back after that.
Pro Tip: If you use a mac and get this weknow.ac browser hijack, just go to settings and erase the profiles related to the hack. Works like a charm. Also, run Malwarebytes to clean out anything else.
The Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines was built between 1871 and 1886. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.