After a meet with an empty coke train that was heading south, IC 6260 pulls off the siding in the former DWP yard at Virginia to continue north for the Minorca mine with limestone loads.
It was a hot and muggy evening to climb the nearly 400 feet to the top of the Mississippi River bluffs at Maple Springs, but the view and a few minutes of serenity made it worthwhile. An SD70ACe i... (more)