Western Railroad Discussion > IAIS Slug Set

Had to take advantage of the sunny day yesterday and the fact that I had the day off. Both very rare for me on a holiday! Also had to try out my new lens that just came in the mail three days ago from B&H, the new Canon 100-400mm ll version. Although these shots here were taken with my trusty 24-70mm ll, I had to include them as well as this slug set looks rather cool. Photo taken on New Years Day (yesterday) at Silvis.

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Okay, here's some the stuff taken with the new lens.

1 The eastbound CBBI is rolling through Davenport, Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

2 Same train coming into Moline after making a short set-out at the yard in Rock Island.

3 The westbound train (BICB) is leaving the west end of the yard at Silvis after meeting and exchanging crews with the eastbound train.

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Last one's of some interesting finds in the Quad Cities.

1 Five GE's of various paint are tied down in the yard at Bettendorf in the early morning hours.

2 Same train taken with the 24-70 for a wider angle.

3 I couldn't resist this clean and shinny unit. Is this red or what!!

Happy New Years Day 2015!!

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Great set! I like the A-B-A look of the slug/switcher, and nice catch on the big GE consist.

Andy

Great series of photos.

Ronda Thomas

Great series! I've noticed CP parking northbounds at Bettendorf a lot recently, likely to make room at Nahant until a crew is available.

Erik

SUPER pics!!! Thanks for sharing.

Man, great shots all the way around!

On the IAIS, getting any shots that you can of the SD38-2's before they're gone is worthwhile, esp. when you can get them paired up with one of the slug sets.

On the ICE, I can't (really, I can...) believe they painted over the IC&E logo on the water tank! So sad, but thus is the march of progress.

- Jeff Carlson

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Excellent shots Angus, those shots are tack-sharp. Glad you're finally getting some sun.

Have a Great New Year!

Bob