Steam Tripleheader Westbound at Geneseo, IL

Chinese QJ 2-10-2's and Milwaukee Road #261 4-8-4 triplehead westbound at Geneseo, IL

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Autos & Vehicles

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• chinese
• steam
• excursion
• tripleheader
• milwaukee
• road
• 261

[boeingLL747]

when do these trains usually run?

[kschmidt626]

Unfortunately not very often. This very special run was made to commerate the 150th anniversary of the bridge over the Mississippi River. The Chinese QJ's have run only one other time and that was in June 2007 for a Photographers Special

[MrDickensonS]

Where are the QJ's now?

[kschmidt626]

@MrDickensonS

They should be stored on the Iowa Interstate north of Iowa City in Newton I believe. 

[Amtrak1194]

261 should be infront of the QJ's!!!

[robertgift]

Those puny Chinese whistles should be outlawed on American railroads.

Nothing like a real American multi-pitch whistle.

[trainboy94]

@robertgift Well they have American whistles now

[trainboy94]

@boeingLL747 IAIS usually runs them about 4 - 5 times a year in some cases, they are some of the busier mainline steam engines

[lotanota]

that seems like an awfull lot of power j to pull a handfull of cars. on a steam train w more than one power, can they be linked up remote controled off the lead unit like todays diesels or does each engine have to be controled by an engineer?

[thomasrosiefan1]

they did run in 2008.

[trainman1995]

iowa interstate has 5

[TheMantisTycoon]

WTH is up with the chinese engines?

[kmillard]

NOt sure why the negative comments regarding the horns are getting panned. They DO sound horrible and any intellectually honest person would admit it.