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Viewing Album:  Muscatine - Pearl of the Mississippi
 
By:Zachary DeVore
Dates:8/13/2010 - 8/13/2010
Album Info:Photos taken in Muscatine, Iowa and some taken in Muscatine County, Iowa. Muscatine's first railroad was the Rock Island in the 1850s. Today, I am not sure if any trace of the former Rock Island exists. Later, the Milwaukee Road went through Muscatine on its line from Chicago to Kansas City. There was a Milwaukee Road yard near the Mississippi River. Later, following MILW's bankruptcy, the Soo Line took over this line and later the CP spun this line off to the Iowa Montana Rail Link. Today, this line is run by the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern but is in the process of being repurchased by the Canandian Pacific. There are also some UP run through trains on this line. Also in Muscatine County is the former Rock Island Chicago-Omaha line now run by the Iowa Interstate.
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RI 17087
Title:  RI 17087
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:25:50 PM
Location:  Wilton, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  170   Comments: 0
Switch to Nowhere
Title:  Switch to Nowhere
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:25:52 PM
Location:  Wilton, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  139   Comments: 0
GATX 44275
Title:  GATX 44275
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:25:53 PM
Location:  Wilton, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  97   Comments: 0
Iowa Landscape
Title:  Iowa Landscape
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:25:55 PM
Location:  Atalissa, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  113   Comments: 1
Iowa Trainscape
Title:  Iowa Trainscape
Description:  I really wish I would have been close to this one, given that by my count, this train had at least 8 locomotives.
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:25:56 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  98   Comments: 0
There is an Iowa Interstate Train somewhere in this photo
Title:  There is an Iowa Interstate Train somewhere in this photo
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:25:58 PM
Location:  Atalissa, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Iowa Interstate Train Runs Through (taken from a distance of about 3 miles away)
Title:  Iowa Interstate Train Runs Through (taken from a distance of about 3 miles away)
Description:  Sadly, this was the closest I came to seeing an Iowa Interstate train this trip. The school bus is on U.S. 6
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:25:59 PM
Location:  Atalissa, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Trainscape with Farmland
Title:  Trainscape with Farmland
Description:  I really wish I would have been closer to the tracks for this one!
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:26:00 PM
Location:  Atalissa, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  99   Comments: 0
I&M Raillink Lives on on this Sign
Title:  I&M Raillink Lives on on this Sign
Description:  I think that the railroad's motivation for this fence was not entirely motivated by aesthetics, but probably safety as well to keep pedestrians crossing at defined points and off the railroad tracks. It didn't work - I saw a pair of young ladies, one of whom was sitting on the tracks posing (these are active mainline tracks, mind you) and the other taking her photograph.
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:49:00 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  122   Comments: 0
DME 3830
Title:  DME 3830
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:49:03 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3830(GP38-3)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
Cargil Trackmobile and Grain Facility
Title:  Cargil Trackmobile and Grain Facility
Description:  Note the way cool Quen Anne style mansion on the hill - back when that house was vacant for several years, it would have made the grooviest haunted house. I think its since been renovated and reoccupied.
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:49:05 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  170   Comments: 0
ICE 4203
Title:  ICE 4203
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:49:06 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ICE 4203(GP40-2) DME 3830(GP38-3)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
ICE 4203
Title:  ICE 4203
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:49:08 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ICE 4203(GP40-2) DME 3830(GP38-3)
Views:  368   Comments: 0
ICE 4203
Title:  ICE 4203
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:49:09 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ICE 4203(GP40-2) DME 3830(GP38-3)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
ICE 4203
Title:  ICE 4203
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:49:12 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ICE 4203(GP40-2) DME 3830(GP38-3)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
ICE 6424
Title:  ICE 6424
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:05:38 AM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Locomotives:  ICE 6424(SD40-2)
Views:  613   Comments: 0
ICE 6424
Title:  ICE 6424
Description:  This one was frustrating - I was headed back from the river when it showed up - and my camera took too long to get ready and only caught the rear locomotive even though being out of position the angle is actually pretty cool with the Mississippi River and Illinois providing a good backdrop. Oh well, you get what you can get. The Highway 61 Business/MSR 92 signs are a bonus if you are into roads.
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:05:42 AM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Locomotives:  ICE 6424(SD40-2)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
DME 3801
Title:  DME 3801
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:05:45 AM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3801(GP38)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
DME 3801
Title:  DME 3801
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:30:07 AM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3801(GP38)
Views:  560   Comments: 0
"Resurrection of the West Libery Depot"
Title:  "Resurrection of the West Libery Depot"
Description:  If I had not seen this depot prior to its restoration, I would question calling the restoration a resurrection but as it is, it is actually an appropriate term because the building was practically raised from the dead. Note the Brick Street, a nice added touch
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:30:10 AM
Location:  West Liberty, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  126   Comments: 0
Restored Rock Island Depot
Title:  Restored Rock Island Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:30:13 AM
Location:  West Liberty, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  172   Comments: 1
IAIS 30089
Title:  IAIS 30089
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:30:17 AM
Location:  West Liberty, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  95   Comments: 0
IAIS 30089
Title:  IAIS 30089
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 8:13:34 AM
Location:  West Liberty, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  100   Comments: 0
Interesting Sign of the Modern Meat Packing Industry
Title:  Interesting Sign of the Modern Meat Packing Industry
Description:  Classic Iowa setting and the sign is in Spanish - reflecting that in places with meat packing plants, like West Liberty (in that case, poultry) now have large Spanish speaking populations.
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 8:13:37 AM
Location:  West Liberty, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  135   Comments: 0
Spanish No Trespassing Sign
Title:  Spanish No Trespassing Sign
Description:  I notice that Iowa Interstate Railroad is written in English. West Liberty has a large Spanish speaking population now.
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 8:13:38 AM
Location:  West Liberty, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  186   Comments: 0
RJ Corman Truck at West Liberty Depot
Title:  RJ Corman Truck at West Liberty Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 8:13:41 AM
Location:  West Liberty, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  123   Comments: 0
GBRX 97611
Title:  GBRX 97611
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/23/2008 9:48:21 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  490   Comments: 0
DME 3801
Title:  DME 3801
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/23/2008 9:48:23 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3801(GP38)
Views:  518   Comments: 0
DME 3801
Title:  DME 3801
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/23/2008 9:48:26 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3801(GP38)
Views:  484   Comments: 0
DME 3801
Title:  DME 3801
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/23/2008 9:48:34 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3801(GP38)
Views:  559   Comments: 0
DME 3801
Title:  DME 3801
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/23/2008 9:48:36 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3801(GP38)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
DME 3801
Title:  DME 3801
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/23/2008 9:48:37 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3801(GP38)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
DME 3801
Title:  DME 3801
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/23/2008 9:48:39 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3801(GP38)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
IMRL 50711
Title:  IMRL 50711
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/23/2008 9:28:47 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  165   Comments: 0
ICE 4203
Title:  ICE 4203
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/14/2008 9:29:52 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ICE 4203(GP40-2) DME 3830(GP38-3)
Views:  752   Comments: 0
ICE 4203
Title:  ICE 4203
Description:  Odd to see the light on on the second locomotive but not the first - was warming up to go out for that day's switching
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/19/2008 9:11:47 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ICE 4203(GP40-2) DME 3830(GP38-3)
Views:  678   Comments: 0
TEIX 326
Title:  TEIX 326
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/14/2008 9:30:00 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  293   Comments: 0
ICE 4203
Title:  ICE 4203
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/14/2008 9:00:55 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ICE 4203(GP40-2) DME 3830(GP38-3)
Views:  707   Comments: 0
Barrier Fence - a reminder of the I&M Raillink's existance.
Title:  Barrier Fence - a reminder of the I&M Raillink's existance.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/10/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:48:59 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  104   Comments: 0
DME 3830
Title:  DME 3830
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/10/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:49:11 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3830(GP38-3) ICE 4203(GP40-2)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
Green Building Next to Abandoned(?) Yard
Title:  Green Building Next to Abandoned(?) Yard
Description:  I think the tracks are probably still in service for one shipper (it is doubtful that IC&E would maintain several light and gate grade crossings if they weren't still used for something)
Photo Date:  5/10/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:05:33 AM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  114   Comments: 1
LAFX 60614
Title:  LAFX 60614
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/10/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:05:40 AM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  92   Comments: 0
ICE 9225
Title:  ICE 9225
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/10/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:05:41 AM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  165   Comments: 0
I Have No Idea What This Sign Means
Title:  I Have No Idea What This Sign Means
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2008  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 9:49:02 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  108   Comments: 1
Old Yard by the HON Industries Factory
Title:  Old Yard by the HON Industries Factory
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:05:36 AM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  113   Comments: 0
Old Yard
Title:  Old Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:05:37 AM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
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Views:  93   Comments: 0
DME 3801
Title:  DME 3801
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:05:43 AM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3801(GP38)
Views:  624   Comments: 0
DME 3801 Sits in the Rain
Title:  DME 3801 Sits in the Rain
Description:  Note the heavy flooding around the tracks.
Photo Date:  5/11/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:05:46 AM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3801(GP38)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
DME 3801
Title:  DME 3801
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:30:04 AM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3801(GP38)
Views:  545   Comments: 0
Yes it was raining.
Title:  Yes it was raining.
Description:  As you can see from this photo, there was quite a bit of rain the night before
Photo Date:  5/11/2008  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 7:30:06 AM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Zachary DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 3801(GP38)
Views:  471   Comments: 0

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