**Remember Railfans.. ALWAYS ask for Permission First...it's their property!!! ** My buddy who is an engineer for Iowa Interstate told me (as he usually does) that the Rock Island IAIS 513 would be in Bureau Junction for a coal run. It was parked on the siding. He was there and I asked him if I could get close to take photos and he said sure, but I had to stay OFF the tracks near the edge and OFF the locomotive, he told me not to climb on it. So I followed his instructions and was able to get some great video while respecting IAIS property!. I had to use a lot of camera zoom though! :) and it seems like i'm really close to it but I'm about 6-8 feet away at the closest and still on zoom lens, so sorry for the shakiness. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpDL9I7uW-Y

Here we have the first of two trains I got for Christmas. This is Lionel's GP35 with Legacy-TMCC from the 2013 catalog. Full review coming soon! Happy New Year! , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , TAGS: LIONEL GP35, ROCK ISLAND, Lionel, LEGACY, FasTrack,TrainMaster, Odyssey, RailSounds, CrewTalk, TowerCom,DynaChuff, StationSounds, Pullmor, ElectroCoupler, Magne-Traction, CAB-1Remote Controller, American Flyer, Lionel ZW, ZW, MagniVision, TMCC, Lionelville, Wireless Tether, Powerhouse, LionMaster, Conventional Classics, Postwar Celebration Series, TruRail, PH-1 Powerhouse, Powermaster, Powerstation-Powerhouse, Accessory Motor Controller, AMC, Accessory Switch Controller, ASC, Action Recorder Controller, ARC, Track Power Controller 300, TPC 300, Track Power Controller 400, TPC 400, Block Power Controller, BPC, Operating Track Controller, OTC, FatBoy, Lionel Lines, Joshua Lionel Cowen Series, Lockon, TrainSounds, MultiHorn, MultiWhistle, Choo-Choo The Best Postwar Lionel Trains - Lionel Model Trains, LIONEL VISION LINE, Lionel Legacy, Lionel Legacy 990, SD70ACe, Christmas Train Spectacular Caterpillar, BNSF, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, SD40-2, EMD SD40, MTH Electric trains, MTH Premier, Protosound 2, DCS, lionel sd40-2, Lionel, Vision Line, Legacy control, weaver, williams, bachmann, athearn, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, BNSF CSX, Norfolk Southern, NS, Union Pacific, Rock Island, Burlington Northern U30C GP20 Northern Pacific Great Northern Steam Engine Berkshire Mountain 4-8-2 New York Central J1e 4-6-4 Hudson MTH DCS Railking Premier Eric's Trains SD40-2 Diesel Engine Steam Engine O scale IAIS Iowa Interstate Lionel Vision Line Legacy Premier dcs system layout Lionel Fastrack EMD SD70ACe SD45T-2 Dash 8-40CW Dash 8 Dash 9 C44-9W Union Pacific The Katy CSX IAIS Rock Island 513 GE ES44AC bradstrains SD40-2 bradstrains MTH Premier CSX SD40-2 Review My review of MTH's SD40-2. I encourage you to compare this model to Lionel's Legacy Equipped SD40-2, a great review of that locomotive by "esiegel76" can be seen here, GP38-2 Heritage Conrail Trains Railroad Southern Pacific Tunnel Motor TTX Tank Car Esso Southern RR Caterpillar Norfolk and Western Santa Fe Southern Pacific Long Island Alaska Canadian National Canadian Pacific Burlington Route Soo Line BNSF IAIS Iowa Interstate Lionel Vision Line Legacy Premier dcs system HO gauge O gauge n gauge s gauge model trains esiegel76 Canadian pacific Canadian national heritage unit engineer steam locomotive American steam power protosound 1, protosound 2, prototsound 3, PS1, PS2 PS3, Real Trax, scale trax, Lionel FasTrack, 2 rail trains, 3 rail trains ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-defqjIxNx8

Wednesday, 3-28-12, was an early morning call from my friend who works for IAIS. The 513 had come through Bureau Junction, Illinois on the nights of 25th and 26th, but those were bad photo ops as it was at night. So this call today was great! I met my friend at the Hennepin Crossing (who was engineering the 513 on a NS coal run). He brought me over to the 513 so I could get some cool stills up close. I then waited for them to pull out- We also pass the area near Tiskilwa were the October derailment occurred. Note the lack of foliage, gone from the fire and the new Ballast laid down. I tried something different: I photographed through the "Fish eye" lens to try a different effect- Its subtle but noticeable- I also included the stills in with the video: Please tell me what y'all think! Enjoy! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgdKry7eLr8

This goes out to Guss Hadley and his N.S. line out east... for all my shout-outs in his videos dedicated to my love for the old Rock Island... Here is Norfolk Southern operating on the old Rock Island-Peoria sub. (now Iowa Interstate RR.) .... this goes out to you my friend!! Iowa Interstate local freight crew moves power for Norfolk Southern from Iowa to Peoria, Illinois... there is a little surprise in the consist right behind the NS lash-up! :) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcHNwp0IcSs