Memorial Day 2016

One of the many freedoms we have as Americans is going out and

photographing. Here are a few from Memorial Day 2016.

Cedar River looking upstream.

Cedar River looking downstream where Indian Creek joins the river.

Ole Vulture looking down on me. Seconds later, he flew off.

The Cedar Rapids Fire Dept(Main Station) remembers our fallen on 1st Ave.

UP 7614 East-Z Train

A 3x2 power set up on this eastbound Z Train led by UP 7614 at Otis, IA.
Memorial Day 2016.

NS 8363 East-NSDMPE28

141-car CRSA23 with 516

501, 502, 141 cars(86 by 55) and 516 DPU.
Walford, IA May 23, 2016.

NS 9379 East-CRPE22

Nature's Beauty and things.

Taken on May 22, 2016 at New Covenant Bible Church-Cedar Rapids, IA.

Killdeer

Mallard

Trumpet Swans

These are growing all around the pond area.

NS 1117-CRPE15

NS SD70ACe 1117 leads the empty NS coal train CRPE15 back to the Illinois mines for more black gold for the coal-generating station at ADM in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Idiotic Gatecrasher

Iowa Interstate-May 9, 2016

BICB/PEDM combo train at Downey, IA

PSTCB2-05--Clarence, IA

SOO 4416 South

IAIS Unit Ethanol-5/2/2016

80 loaded ethanol cars plus two buffers with 

507, 152, 513 South. Walford, IA

5/2/2016--Iowa Interstate Cedar Rapids Subdivision(a.k.a. CRANDIC Amana Mainline)