Train for Tirediron

Ysarex · Mar 20, 2015

Out roaming around Iowa (Hi Sparky!) on Spring Break. Fort Madison on the Mississippi has a bridge across to Niota Ill. It's a swing bridge that opens to allow tows to travel up and down the river. The bottom deck is for trains and the top deck is for cars. I saw the train approaching and barely managed to stop the car, grab the camera, run to the shore and catch this shot. Best reason to leave the camera in P mode!

Joe

tirediron · Mar 20, 2015

Sweet!

Couple of BNSF SD90 MACs with a pretty impressive grain drag (light) in tow!

Ysarex · Mar 20, 2015

tirediron said:
Sweet! Couple of BNSF SD90 MACs with a pretty impressive grain drag (light) in tow!

Glad you like it. I'm fond of that bridge and I was thinking about taking the photo -- the train gave me incentive to rush -- train bonus. Had to pull into Captain Kirk's marina for that vantage point.

Joe