T.G.'s Photography Blog

October 18, 2008. Rock Island, Illinois. An old Rock Island RR bridge crossing over an entrance to Rock Island Arsenal. The bridge is now part of the Iowa Interstate Railroad. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

October 18, 2008. Davenport, Iowa. Iowa, Chicago & Eastern (ICE) 4204 (City of Cordova) leads a special passenger train under the approach to Centennial Bridge, at Centennial Park. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

October 18, 2008. Davenport, Iowa. Iowa Interstate 7081 leads an excursion train down West 5th Street, at the Brown Street crossing. IAIS 7081 is a QJ class steam locomotive that was built in China. Unfortunately, this locomotive and its sister locomotive IAIS 6988 are currently not operating. The IAIS shut down its steam program back around 2013. In 2014, a group of volunteers formed the Central States Steam Preservation Association in an effort to take ownership of the two locomotives and keep them in operating order. However, as of the most recent post on the groups Facebook page, the locomotives are still in storage and are not running. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

April 29, 2010. Filley, Nebraska. Lightning races across a darkened sky, bringing light to everything below. Photo © Tom Gatermann

UP 844 - Shiloh Limited Union Pacific (UP) 844 , leads the Shiloh Limited east on Union Pacific's River Subdivision, under the US 24 bridge at Waverly, Missouri. The Shiloh Limited was a special excursion train heading to Memphis, Tennessee , for the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh. The Battle of Shiloh occurred during the American Civil War, at Shiloh, Tennessee, north of Corinth, Mississippi., on April 6-7, 1862. Between Kansas City, Missouri, and Jefferson City, Missouri, Union Pacific's River Subdivision and Sedalia Subdivision  are used in a directional running capacity. The River Subdivision is used for east bound trains, while the Sedalia Subdivision is used for west bound trains, between the two cities. The only exception to the directional running is that Amtrak trains run in both directions on the Sedalia Subdivision. The River Subdivision is named so because it mostly follows the Missouri River between Kansas City and Jefferson City. Photo ta...