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Iowa Interstate's eastbound CBBI rolls through the yard and past the makeshift corporate sign at 44th street in Rock Island, IL. A nice chilly day for 'fanning, but sadly, not much action, and not the leader I was hoping for.
Numerous quad tracks can be seen running over the hill here that vanish in the morning cloud. This is rough sheep faming country near Fruid. A lovely morning in the hills.
While passing through the Quad Cities yesterday, I heard the Iowa Interstate 708 copying a warrant on the Industrial Track from Silvis to Rock Island, and having that great combo of great sunlight and free time at my disposal, I had to go after it.
This is the IAIS' RISW (Rock Island Switcher), and even though it was running Long-Hood Forward, I was still happy to nab this shot, as any given opportunity to photograph a 51 year-old unit (!!!) on the point is a good one these days. From here, it was to run down the Milan Branch, but I didn't have time, or available sunlight to chase it.
The 708 was built in June 1972 as the PC 7974, before finding its way to Conrail four years later, and eventually the LLPX lease fleet.
Derby's centre for the arts, this is the corner of the building ... lots of visual arts going on, as well as the international photographic Format Festival directed by Louise Clements and supported by many significant photographers from all over the world. Still waiting for my invite :D
see formatfestival.com for more info...
Quite a bit difficult to beat this hand. A quartet of matching H3 GPs bring two autoracks back home with them as they ease their way into Northtown.
"Oriental Quad"
Four men on a bicycle for four. My restoration and colorization of George H. van Norman´s 1898 photo in the Library of Congress archive.
Pacific National liveried quad 82 Class' come out of the gloom to run the coal through Greta Station, New South Wales, Australia.
8258 leading with 8204 (Ann Paul - Wagga Wagga), 8253 and 8233 making up the capable foursome.
The Classic Space Bubble Quad was a fast and fun way to travel across the moon. Its big tyres and independent suspension could easily cope with the deepest craters or roughest moon rocks. The bubble canopy afforded unrivalled visibility, though nobody ever worked out where the door was...
See all of the photos and a video in this album.
A quad-pack of EMD's rest in the late afternoon at IORY's Ford Park Yard in northeast Lima. Like much shortline power it's an eclectic mix here of paint schemes of former leasers, a current leaser, and a unit repainted into G&W orange.
IORY SD40-2 #4085
IORY SD40-2 #3491
LTEX SD50-2 #8518
IORY SD40-2 #4084
Lima, OH
January 16th, 2022
A pair of MNNR units, including unit T-3 and unit 88, prepare to reverse back into the yard after lining up their route. Always a fun time watching the interplay between the different jobs in the morning as they go about their routine.
CM3302, 8044, 44202 and 1440 pass by my overused location at Glenfield bridge with 8112 grain to Cooks River from Agrigrain at Narromine South.
2021-08-03 Qube CM3302-8044-44202-1440 Glenfield 8112
CN train L50881-20, the local that serves the large Quad Graphics printing plant at Lomira, Wisconsin, just south of Fond du Lac, heads back north towards town after finishing up its work just after sunset.
Power for the local today is a pair of veteran CN SD40-2s, CN 5266 and 5268 built in 1975.
CP train 226 was passing through the Quad Cities behind Southern Pacific AC4400CW 310 in 1997.
Soon Canadian Pacific would sell off this property to the I&M Rail Link, who would sell it to the Iowa Chicago and Eastern, which was in turn taken over by the Canadian Pacific, bringing it all go full circle.
"Black Friday" was a bleak day to be out....I could hardly complain to be paid to go out birding though. :) Opting Outside with REI !
DME 4006 leads a northbound local underneath the Iowa Interstate on its way to Le Claire and Clinton.
My daughter Meg runs a little daycare business in Cambridge, Ontario. She originally trained at Sheridan College, Oakville, to be a gerontologist. For a number of years, she worked as a recreational program developer at Sunrise Assisted Living of Mississauga. When Gavin was born, she became concerned about the costs she would incur if she went back to work: daycare costs for Gavin and Tyler, travel, insurance, etc. She was also concerned about daycare quality and daily commute time. She figured that, if she opened her own daycare, she'd be 'in' almost as much money after taxes, as she would have earned by returning to her old job. She'd also be less stressed at the end of the day.
By regulation, she is allowed to care for up to five children per day, and her waiting list is huge.
Several months back, Karen and I bought her a used quad stroller. Here it is. Try pushing this sucker uphill when it's got four kids in it.