With only seconds to spare, the window presented itself with a clear view of the drivers and the rods down in this *** Triple Header Pace *** photo featuring (2) former Jito... (more)

   READ the SIGN!    Former Jitong Railway QJ's #6988 and #7081 explore the American Midwest.

Former Jitong Railway QJ 6988 and QJ 7081.

Anyone want to wager a bet on another triple header happening soon? The safer bet may be inside the Casino to the right in downtown Rock Island!

2 QJ's and an S-3 find themselves in an unusual setting - rural Illinois. Look in the background and you'll see the National Railway Equipment Deadline full of diesels whose time has already come... (more)

Former Jitong Railway QJ #6988 leads sister QJ #9081 and MILW #261 during an extened weekend of excursions through Iowa and Illinois. Seen here next to the Hennepin Canal. Thanks to Tom McNair f... (more)

I believe this car, which slipped past on River Drive as I took this picture, is older than the steam engines above it.

Former Jitong Railway QJ #6988 blows off some steam on Government Bridge as the early morning light filters through the iron girders.

QJs 6988 & 7081 head back East after turning at the wye at Homestead, IA enroute to the old Rock Island Depot to pick up passengers who detrained earlier.

New life for former Jitong Railway QJ #6988 seen here at speed in this pan photo taken not in China but amazingly, Eastbound enroute to Bureau, IL. Railroad: Iowa Interstate Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-10-2
Location: Atkinson, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: IAIS 6988
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 16, 2006

QJ doubleheaded freight pulls into the Iowa City yard.

After a quick pause at the old Silvis shops complex, sacred ground to Rock Island faithful, the QJ/MILW 261 triple-header thunders into the afternoon sun.

A worker/engineer takes part in an almost classic photo, as he oils QJ 9688 while it is stopped at Bureau Junction.