Monday, November 21, 2011

A Day on the ROCK: Part IV

A continuation of a Day on the ROCK: Part IV

The crew for #112 Davenport to Bureau Turn finds their power on the ready track in Davenport Yard
#112 picks up the caboose 
#112 pulls its train out of Davenport Yard #4 class track
#112 pulling by the newly opened Otis Elevator factory
#112 performed its brake test in West Davenport and is now departing out for the main to begin its work.
#112 pulling by the station in Davenport, IA
#112 dips down into the industrial park in Davenport to pick up a empty coal hopper from Consumers Ice & Fuel Co.
#112 backs down to its train with the it's pickup
#112 had a cement hopper to pick up Iowa Ready Mix in Davenport
#112 picking up a empty hopper from the Continental Grain Elevator in Davenport, IA
#112 couples the train back together and ready to depart for Rock Island, IL
#112 leaving Davenport, IA
#112 at the Mississippi River Bridge crossing
#112 crossing a small creek approaching Franklin Farms
#112 by Franklin Farms
#112 picking up a box car at Sunrise Feed Mill in Rock Island, IL
#112 preparing to deliver an empty hopper to Sunrise Feed Mill
#112 ready to depart Rock Island for Bureau, IL
#112's caboose by Barlow Pharmacy in Rock Island, IL
#112 arriving in Bureau, IL
#112 spotting a car at Farmer's Grain Co.
#112 ready to depart back for Davenport
#112 running long hood forward by Rock Island, IL
#112 leaving Rock Island, IL
#112 by Franklin Farms heading west.
#112 crossing the Mississippi River
#112 making the sweeping curve into Davenport Yard
#112 working the Davenport Freight House
#112 working the Electrolux and General Electric Plants
#112 has completed its work and is yarding the track in Class Track 3 at Davenport Yard
and back to the engine house for servicing.















2 comments:

  1. Davenport yard has a very interesting shape to it, was there a reason behind it or is that just the way your trackwork flowed easily?

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  2. It was partially due to the way the track flowed. Due to the angle that the mainline crossed the Mississippi River, I was forced to make a sweeping curve back toward the main benchwork. I simply decided to continue the curve into the class tracks. I was heavily influenced by years of railfanning Norfolk Southern in Bluefield, WV as the most of the yard is curved.

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