Out and About--5/22/2013

Indian Creek from the Boysen Trail.

Indian Creek runs under the former Milwaukee trestle and the 8th Ave bridge.

Mallard takes a swim.

A small dam at the location where Indian Creek and Dry Run Creek merge.

Turtles being lazy on Robbins Lake.

Belted Kingfisher.

Even a Mallard joins the turtles for a bit for some rest.

(RxR) CN L563

CN L563 departing Cedar Rapids from "A" Yard with a string of freight cars and five units.

First two were online, the other three were dead in tow.

Quaker Oats(PEPSICO) can be seen in the background.

RxR==Today's CN L563

Today's L563 with GTW 4616 on the point at Robins, IA.

May 15, 2013

Nature--Purple Tulips in bloom in our front yard.

RxR--CN 5436(ex Oakway) in downtown Cedar Rapids on L563.

RxR--CRANDIC's Job 4 rolling thru the CN Yard while L563 waits.

RxR--Profile shot of CN 5436(ex Oakway)

RxR--CRANDIC's Job 4 at the Watertower Condos.

RxR--UP 6458 west at Indian Creek.

Nature--Goldenrods out near Indian Creek Nature Center.

 Places--Remnants of a trestle from the Milwaukee RR on E. Bertram Rd.

Nature--Fish in shallow waters at Cedar Lake.

 Nature--Family of Geese at Cedar Lake.

Nature--Lonesome Pelican at Cedar Lake.

Nature--Mallard.

 Nature--Another view of the Pelican.

 Places--Air Ambulance on a call from St. Luke's flying over Cedar Lake.

Nature--Pelicans on the sandbar in the middle of the south section of Cedar Lake.

 RxR--CN 5436 continues to work downtown.

RxR--Iowa Interstate's X-SACR passing Wright Bros Blvd enroute to pick up coal empties.

Nature--Red-winged Blackbird.

Nature--A ring around the sun reflected from the thin high clouds.

RxR--Iowa Interstate's X-CRSA bringing up 95 empty NS coal hoppers from the interchange yard of the CRANDIC thru Fairfax.

RxR--XCRSA by Milepost 9.

RxR--One of the NS coal hoppers.

RxR--XCRSA at Wright Bros Blvd.

RxR--A late daily Z-train, the "Bird" at Fairfax on the UP Clinton Sub.