After running two test trips, the benefit train is parked in the siding in Mitchellville, waiting to pull 5 benefit trips out of Mitchellville the next day.
After running two test trips, the benefit train is parked in the siding in Mitchellville, waiting to pull 5 benefit trips out of Mitchellville the next day.
During the first of two test runs the day before, the Mitchellville benefit special waits in the siding in Altoona, Iowa for CBBI to clear the block. After receiving the track warrant, the 6988 wi... (more)
IAIS 703 pulls the Brooklyn excursion west over the Big Bear Creek bridge near Victor. My dad and I were invited to ride the open platform of the IAIS business car Hawkeye where this view was take... (more)