Former Rock Island covered hopper used in silica sand service has spent it's retirement perched on top of a warehouse adjacent to the former Rock Island yard at West Davenport, now owned by the CP... (more)

IAIS 6988 leads a revenue freight train over the Mississippi River.

A trio of Canadian Pacific SD40-2's, each in a different paint scheme, sit around the turntable at CP's Nahant Yard in Davenport, Iowa. The roundhouse that still stands here was built by the Milwa... (more)

Back in Black Two ex-NS geeps bring BN Clinton into Davenport on raised trackage.

A duo of Ex-NS leasers leads BN Clinton through Davenport

BNSF 3167, still in ATSF paint, brings BN Rock into Davenport.

CP 475 navigates the flooded downtown Davenport, moving at a steady 5mph. In a last ditch effort to outdo the floods, CP raised the elevation of the track through downtown Davenport, in some spots... (more)

IAIS 6988 rounds the bend off of the Government Bridge and past the old Rock Island G head on its way to Newton, Illinois.

Luck o' the Irish A rebuilt SD60-3 and a Soo GP38-2 lead the Ipsco Steel job out of Nahant on St. Patrick's Day.

The Mississippi River crested at an all-time high the previous evening and the water is still incredibly high in all low-laying areas of the Quad Cities. Rather than shut down operations, the CP i... (more)

A trio of CP Rail SD40-2s leads a rock train into Davenport.

A trio of veteran Canadian Pacific SD40-2's bring a 60 car Herzog ballast train through downtown Davenport. This view shows how the CP has elevated the mainline at least 2 feet over the Gaines Str... (more)

BNSF's Rock Island local, running as lite engines, pushes through the Davenport floodwaters.

BNSF 2351 leads BN Clinton through the Davenport floodwaters

In what may be one of the craziest things I've ever seen, CP 8790 leads a manifest south through the middle of floodwaters from the Mississippi River in downtown Davenport.