Western Railroad Discussion > An Englishman Most Definitely Not Lost in the Midwest Pt 6

Definitely the last batch. Honest. Maybe...

Rugby
UK

Image 76: Sunset at Grand Plains, Illinois, at the eastern end of the Mississippi River Brisge our of aclinton, Iowa on 24th April 2018,

Image 77: As above. It’s a beautiful structure.

Image 78: An eastbound stack track leaves Iowa and enters Illinois on 24th April 2018.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/15/18 04:22 by 37176.

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Images 79-80: More painting with light at Grand Plains, IL.

Image 81: When the morning comes, it's business as usual. UP 5890 and UP 8183 take a stack track east at Grand Plains, IL on 25th April 2018.

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Image 82: UP 8320 heads a stack train east at Fulton, Illinois on 25th April 2018.

Image 83: ES44AC pair CP 8712 & CP 8729 enter Clinton, Iowa on 25th April 2018.

Image 84: UP 5920 with its burnt flag and UP 5772 slow to a stand at Clinton, Iowa for a crew change on 25th April 2018.

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Image 85: BNSF 7649 with a westbound stack train at Rochelle, IL on 25th April 2018.

Image 86:Also at Rochelle, IL, UP 5140 heads a westbound manifest on 25th April 2018.

Image 87: ... shortly followed by UP 7925 with a train of covered hoppers.

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Image 88: Faded ES44AC UP 5327 heads a mixed bag of traction into the yard at Rochelle, IL on 26th April 2018.

Images 89-90: Eastbound BNSF 7198 storms through Rochelle, IL on 26th April 2018.

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Images 91-93: A southbound Hiawatha departs Milwaukee for Chicago on 26th April 2018.

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Last of this batch. There may be some bonus photos in a short while though. Thanks for looking and I appreciate the positive comments so far.

Cheers
Rugby
UK

Image 94: AC4400 CP 8555 crawls through Milwaukee, WI with a 12000ft stack train while Charger AMtk 4610 awaits departure for Chicago on 27th April 2018.

Images 95-96: Amtraks Empire Builders, both East and West bound, pass this beautiful old signal gantry south of Milwaukee, WI, within about a minute of each other. Meet shot, closely missed. Shame.

That's all, folks! Or is it....?

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During my time with the UPO I have been over the bridge at Clinton with both locomotives, 844 & 3985.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Bob3985 Wrote:
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> During my time with the UPO I have been over the
> bridge at Clinton with both locomotives, 844 &
> 3985.

Nice. Would've been great to catch them.

#2 is the winner for me.
SR

Nice pics!! Thanks for sharing your trip.