First shot of the day; I hopped off I-80 and skidded to a stop in Colfax about 5 minutes before the train arrived. Morning shots weren't the greatest but as most here know that's never stopped my trigger finger.
By: Andy Brown

Larry Hamilton, Dave Kroeger and Max Wipperman GTS.
By: Andy Brown

Here the train is backing up towards Newton after loading passengers at Mitchellville.
By: Andy Brown

Uh oh, this doesn't look good. Bushing trouble on the left side valve spindle necessitates some seat of the pants repair at Mitchellville after the second trip.
By: Andy Brown

This is why they drag that boxcar full of stuff around with them!
By: Andy Brown

Good thing Frank was there; they needed someone who knew something about steam engines.
By: Andy Brown

The steam crew had plenty of supervision at least!
By: Andy Brown

Temporary repairs were made to finish out the day until permanent repairs can be made at the shop before the next trips in two weeks.
By: Andy Brown

What a foamer! Actually, Larry was holding Frank's cameras while Frank was busy working.
By: Andy Brown

709 was doing the honors on the east end.
By: Andy Brown

Backing eastward across the Hwy 6 overpass in Newton.
By: Andy Brown

"The Gang" at Newton; Frank, Larry, Dave and Brad Grefe.
By: Andy Brown

Foamers! Brad, Dave and Max in Newton.
By: Andy Brown

Robert Franzen does a TV interview.
By: Andy Brown

These lucky passengers won a raffle to ride the cab; here they walk to the head end at Colfax.
By: Andy Brown

Frank Gets The Shot while Larry drives, west of Colfax on Hwy 6.
By: Andy Brown

It was a regular party at Mitchellville.
By: Andy Brown

Carl and his wife (I can never remember her name; I always think Billie but I know that's not it) Get the Shot at Colfax.
By: Andy Brown

I've always been curious about IAIS's Skunk River bridge. It's a through truss, but the truss members flashing past confused my inept camera so this piece of junk was the best I could get.
By: Andy Brown

Downtown Metz.
By: Andy Brown

How many can say they've had an engine named after them? Well, okay, quite a few actually, but I was happy to see former Maytag traffic manager Al Roberts waiting in line with his family to board the train in Newton.
By: Andy Brown

Transferring water from the tank car to the tender in Newton.
By: Andy Brown

Those of us who were able to stay all day were rewarded with naturally improving light throughout the day.
By: Andy Brown

Larry and Frank inspect a local farmer's cornfield.
By: Andy Brown

More trouble at Mitchellville: "The smokebox is half full of water!" Add another to the list of repairs due at Newton.
By: Andy Brown

Some guy in a red "A-1 Propane" shirt refused to move so I shot him anyway.
By: Andy Brown

Not bad...
By: Andy Brown

I generally try to not be too proficient in the art of profanity, but this is what the guys on Trainorders call getting cloudf**ked, at the Hwy 14 overpass in Newton. Since I screwed up the composition too, I was glad we'd have another chance for this shot.
By: Andy Brown

Money shot! That second chance really paid off. Unfortunately Larry had to leave us before this shot, darn it!
By: Andy Brown

But Barry, Frank, and some of the steam crew members got it, with a little more head on composition.
By: Andy Brown