A Day on the ROCK: Part II

A continuation of a Day on the ROCK: Part II

 

#6 Quad Cities Rocket led by FP7 #409 departs West Davenport Yard

 

#6 hitting the Keller Crossover in West Davenport Yard

 

#6 Quad Cities Rocket approaching the station at Davenport

FP7 #409 idling at Davenport Station during its stop

 

#6 Quad Cities Rocket passing by the freight house and Otis Elevator factory in the background.

#6 rolls around the sharp curve to begin crossing the Mississippi River

 

 

#6 nearly completes the crossing of the Mississippi River

 

#6 Quad Cities Rocket crossing the creek by Franklin Farms

 

 

#6 Quad Cities Rocket passing by Franklin Farms

 

#6 Quad Cities Rocket crosses the rural road crossing in West Rock Island, IL

#6 approaching its stop in Rock Island, IL

#6 by Barlow Pharmacy at the main road crossing in Rock Island, IL

 

#6 arriving at the Rock Island station

 

#6 making its station stop in Rock Island

 

#6 approaching Bureau, IL

 

#6 by the Farmer's Grain Elevator in West Bureau, IL

 

 

#6 approaching the station at Bureau, IL

 

#6 at the Bureau Station

 

#6 making its station stop at Bureau, IL

 

 

#6 rolling by the fields in Stockdale, IL

 

A tractor trailer waits as #6 passes by

 

Railfans were perched high atop the Illinois Valley Grain Co to get these pictures of #6 into Stockdale, IL

 

 

#6 rolling through Stockdale, IL

 

#6 by the large Archer Daniels Midland elevator in Stockdale, IL

 

#6 by downtown Stockdale, IL

 

No time to catch a movie if we want to photograph the trains today

 

#6 Station Stop at Stockdale, IL

 

#6 by Joliet Grain Co in far western Joliet, IL

 

#6 approaching Joliet, IL

 

#6 Quad Cities Rocket meeting #113 Joliet to Bureau Turn at the station in Joliet, IL

 

 

Evidently some railfans managed roof access on the Midwest Paper Stock Co plant in Joliet to catch the meet at the station.

 

#6 by the Midwest Paper Stock Co. plant.

 

 

#113 Joliet local's power waiting at the station on the siding track.

 

 

#6 arriving at the Joliet, IL station

 

#6 idling while making its station stop in Joliet, IL

 

#6 making its station stop in Joliet, IL

 

 

#6 Quad Cities Rocket pulling by the rear of #113 Joliet to Bureau turn as it departs Joliet bound for Chicago.

 

#6 Quad Cities Rocket by JD Tower in Joliet, IL

 

 

Railfans stood on the trestle above to grab this shot of #6 departing Joliet, IL

 

A young videographer Bob Leohne caught this shot high above in his cherry picker as #6 departs Joliet, IL

 

#6 banging the diamonds at C-5 Tower in Blue Island, IL as it approaches the station.

 

 

 

#6 Quad Cities Rocket arriving at Blue Island Station

 

#6 making its station stop in Blue Island, IL

 

#6 running down main street in Blue Island bound for Burr Oak's Old Yard

 

A Day on the ROCK: Part I

Due to the many changes to the layout, I decided to run a solo op session to experience all the jobs the crews perform during the op session.  While performing the solo op session, I decided to document the experience in full.

To begin the session, you can see how I'm utilizing the West Davenport yard more clearing out the tracks in East Davenport for car classification.

 

#110 Illinois Shorts departs Burr Oak Yard in Chicago with three GP7s.  

 

 

A view from downtown Blue Island of the passing Southern pulpwood car bound for Midwest Paper Stock Co in Joliet on #110 Illinois Shorts

 

#110 passing through Blue Island, Illinois

 

#110 Illinois Shorts arrives in Joliet, Illinois

 

#110 Illinois Shorts power cuts from the train to make the run around move.

 

#110's Power heading back east on the siding.

 

#110 Illinois Shorts pulling the previous days #113 Joliet to Bureau Turn cars from the storage track.

 

#110 has completed its set off and now heading back to Chicago's Burr Oak Yard with today's pickup.

 

#110 enters Burr Oak Yard in South Chicago completing the run.

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#113 Joliet to Bureau Turn crosses the mainline at JD Tower backing onto the storage track to pickup today's train.

 

 

#113 pulls its train from the storage track.

 

#113 backs into the industrial park in Joliet, IL

 

#113 is close to spotting the Southern Pulpwood car at the paper mill.

 

#113 spots two cars of chlorine at the paper mill.

 

#113s power runs around its train on the main.

 

#113 backs into the American Can Co. to pickup a Rock Island box car.

 

 #113 pulls the Rock Island Box out of the American Can spur

 

 

"Half a car 113....that'll do"

 

#113 spotting two box cars at the American Can Co.

 

 

 

#113's caboose by the station in Joliet, IL