STEWART BUCK SCANS Plus, a trip to Wisconsin...

12-04.jpg              My new home for the holidays in.......Omaha? 
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM STEWART BUCK

Bondurant-meet.jpg      "After the arrival of CNW ____ in... Bondurant!"  Before branchline relegation, there was life after the CGW in Bondurant.  Stewart Buck photo.

avon-job                     Back when this photo was taken, the Avon Job also had work to do in Indianola.  Note the presence of Rock Island power in this "barely post-RI" photo by Stewart Buck.

 cnw1745.jpg              Short Line Yard didn't bother putting the best power on the front of this train.  CNW 1745 leads a manifest train past the elevator at Ontario, Cana, er.... Ames....  Stewart Buck photo

cnw1766.jpg               Looking north at the CGW main from Maury Street, the Iowa State Capitol can be seen.  That is one foul, dirty CNW Geep.  Today, the elevation from the grade crossing is all that remains of this railroad scene.  Buck...

 cnw414.jpg                In a classic CNW scene, CNW F units prepare for "rush hour" at the station in Chicago.  A photo by Stewart Buck... how about a print of this one???

cnw5052.jpg             Stewart Buck calls this one "In the Halcyon Days of the Bird"  CNW 5052, a zito GP50 leads the 'bird' on the east/west main through Ames Yard.  Get a look at that caboose on the passing train.... seems like an eternity since that was the norm!  Stewart Buck photo. 

cnw6803.jpg             The last rays of light at sunset reflect off the face of CNW 6803 as it leads "the Falcon" past the elevator at Ontario.  Stewart Buck photo.

cnw6876.jpg             Spankin new SD40-2s in sparkling paint lead an eastbound past "Atomic Crossing."  Photo by Stewart Buck

cnw951.jpg              Winter in Iowa.... a non dynamic but fully flared CNW SD45 blasts through the snow at North Dakota Avenue.  Who knew that Waugy would reside here some twenty years later?  Stewart Buck photo 

e-bhighbridge.jpg       Kate Shelley High Bridge... been there, done that, right?  Well, you haven't "done" it until you've seen it from this angle!!  A photo of a CNW eastbound can be seen on KSB in this interesting Stewart Buck photo.

 desm-sub.jpg            A panoramic view of the Des Moines Subdivision north of Bondurant at sunset as some left over storm clouds loom overhead.  Stewart Buck photo.
 

Some Brief Stops in South Central/Southwestern Wisconsin...

butler-shops.jpg        Ex CNW SD40-2s are drawn to the shops buildings at Milwaukee.
 cnw-cabooty.jpg       CNW Cabeese can be found all over Milwaukee for the multiple Industry Jobs around there.
passengers.jpg          This bizarre consist could be found down on "the island" just off the lake.

CNW GP7 at Janesville

 cnw4160-light.jpg      The headlights from my rental light up the flanks of this pristine CNW GP7 at Janesville
 cnw4160.jpg             The fog was dense, so I only made a brief stop before the roads got too icey....
 cnw4160b.jpg           City light from Janesville made this 1800 shot look like it was taken on a cloudy day...
 darkgeep.jpg             Without the time exposure, things looked a lot darker. 

 drgw1361.jpg             Also at Janesville... this DRGW patch unit idled under the lights... 
 
 csxt8766.jpg            CSXT power flies by on the CPRS at Pleasant Prarie.  Of course, as I watched on this side of the tracks, Amtrak went flying by northbound on the opposite track.  I guess that's my bad train luck. 
 ex-cnwGP15.jpg       This former CNW GP15-1 was working a local job at Waukegan. 
 oak-creek.jpg           A coal load pulls out of the plant at Oak Creek.  Interesting power.... 
 
 up2955.jpg              You don't get to see an SD40-2 leading a coal train through Ames too often.  Up in WI, they use them as ATS pilots.