Western Railroad Discussion > Fall Colors around Marquette Iowa - 2014

Since not too many posts

Weekend of 10/11/14, Canadian Pacific(ICE, IMRL,SOO, Milwaukee)

1) Waiting north of yard office at Marquette, Iowa. On the bluff the old highway bridge started off across the Mississippi, the Milwaukee pontoon bridge would nave been a 1/4 mile or so further behind me.

2-3 ) North Grain train at Lansing, Iowa. There is this eclectic store here my wife likes to go to and while I waited.

Bob Jordan

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4) Along the bluffs just north of Marquette. There is a bunch of cottages on the tiny strip between the railroad and the Mississippi and girl stepped away from a bbq to snap a shot of another northbound.

5)WB - up Bloody Creek next to campground before the fog lifts, get one of these every year.

6) This was from last year, Patch had only a few moths nto go. After 14 years, this was first without Patch. We walked the Waukon branch like always but just not the same.


Bob Jordan



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/27/14 09:22 by robj.

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Nice work Bob.

MILW86A

All nice. Love the colors.
Plus the camping out.. Way to go!

Clarence

Sorry about Patch.

It tough to lose those great buddies.

Great shots! Man, those cars look close to the train in picture #3! You also got one of Union Pacific's refurbished SD90/43MAC's leading with the new nose wings on that Grain train. The jointed rail looks a little rough in #4 and they run Oil trains across it and the tracks are within feet of the Mississippi River!

Nice pics!!!

GREAT shots, Robj... the one with the sweet Iowa girl in the foreground is awesome-really makes the scene!
Sorry about Patch, too...

IC_2024 Wrote:
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> GREAT shots, Robj... the one with the sweet Iowa
> girl in the foreground is awesome-really makes the
> scene!
> Sorry about Patch, too...


Thanks guys, he went everywhere with me railfan and trips so it is.....


Bob

SP8595 Wrote:
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> Great shots! Man, those cars look close to the
> train in picture #3! You also got one of Union
> Pacific's refurbished SD90/43MAC's leading with
> the new nose wings on that Grain train. The
> jointed rail looks a little rough in #4 and they
> run Oil trains across it and the tracks are within
> feet of the Mississippi River!

No oil trains so far - just boxcars, coal and sand. CP has been installing welder rail south from Bluffs in the past few years. Next year there will be 2 new sidings to handle the traffic.

Great series of photos.

Ronda Thomas

pyroman Wrote:
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> SP8595 Wrote:
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> > Great shots! Man, those cars look close to the
> > train in picture #3! You also got one of Union
> > Pacific's refurbished SD90/43MAC's leading with
> > the new nose wings on that Grain train. The
> > jointed rail looks a little rough in #4 and
> they
> > run Oil trains across it and the tracks are
> within
> > feet of the Mississippi River!
>
> No oil trains so far - just boxcars, coal and
> sand. CP has been installing welder rail south
> from Bluffs in the past few years. Next year there
> will be 2 new sidings to handle the traffic.

We are running oil trains about 4 a week look for the portage coal trains to increase
after the first of the year that will take a toll on that jointed rail.

robj Wrote:
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> 4) Along the bluffs just north of Marquette.
> There is a bunch of cottages on the tiny strip
> between the railroad and the Mississippi and girl
> stepped away from a bbq to snap a shot of another
> northbound.
>
> 5)WB - up Bloody Creek next to campground before
> the fog lifts, get one of these every year.
>
> 6) This was from last year, Patch had only a few
> moths nto go. After 14 years, this was first
> without Patch. We walked the Waukon branch like
> always but just not the same.
>
>
> Bob Jordan
Girl foamers be sexy!