Leading its train off the wye at Bureau Junction, IAIS 6988 takes it slow as it prepares for lunch in town.
QJ 6988 is pouring the coals to it as it departs Bureau Junction for the return trip to Silvis.
IAIS 513 leading SIPE South across a creek just South of Bureau Jct.
The "Bureau Rocket" crew builds their train, before heading to Utica.
Retired L&N units - mostly C420s - wait on the former Rock Island 2nd main that served as an interchange track between CSX and the Iowa Railroad in the early 1980s.
J802, the Ottawa-Henry turn, approaching Bureau from Henry, stopping to flag crossing.
Return trip to Rock Island.
WB afternoon train to Rock Island.
A grain extra comes off the IAIS Second Sub and onto the First Sub shortly after the QJ's came through. B&W mode with Orange Filter.
A worker/engineer takes part in an almost classic photo, as he oils QJ 9688 while it is stopped at Bureau Junction.
Shortly after the triple-headed steam special departed, the train from Peoria-Bureau came around the wye bound for the yard a short distance west of here.
The three steamers begin the trek back to Rock Island, putting on quite a show as they depart Bureau.
Composed next to a thingy(we're using technical terms here) used for servicing locomotives(probably) is QJ 6988.
Just getting the handle of this Nikon scanner....
