On November 11th 2010, Iowa Interstate 2-10-2 QJ #7081 ran from Des Moines to Council Bluffs, Iowa in conjunction with the Rock Island Technical Society. 7081 would be on display at Golden Spike Park in Council Bluffs along with Union Pacific 4-8-4 #844. 844 was there celebrating 50 years of steam excursions on the UP.
The run back to Cheyenne covering the next two days would be Steve Lee's last time at the throttle before retirement.
Includes; *Chasing, pacing of Iowa Interstate 7081 on Thursday and on a very cold and windy day on Saturday, Nov. 13th *Union Pacific 844 leaving Omaha on the 13th *Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 #3985 on the River Sub into Jefferson City in October 2010
Special thanks to Paul Hester of Indianapolis for his driving skills, and camera set up and filming of some of the runbys on Saturday with the 7081.
Witness a main line steam doubleheaded revenue freight on the Iowa Interstate June 9th & 10th, 2007 between Booneville, lowa and Council Bluffs.
Thanks to RRDC, the lowa Interstate and Historic Transport Preservation (Steam Specials) for making this photo opportunity possible. Over two dozen photographers and videographers from various parts of the U.S. including both coasts jumped at the opportunity to see QJ's 7081 & 6988 put on quite a show with freight in tow! Special thanks to William Steinkraus for additional video footage!
Action packed Steam tours in 2007 & 2010 from the camera of Roger Holmes!
Approx. 78 Minutes Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo On Screen Graphics Chapter Menus
Roger A. Holmes P.O. Box 124 Hudson, IL 61748 Email: Q5632@yahoo.com
Note: This DVD has been down-converted from our High Definition Video Master, and formatted for both Wide-screen and 4x3 TVs -- This DVD will properly play on Wide-screen televisions as 16x9 and on 4x3 televisions as pan & scan 4x3!
The Original Format of this program is 4x3 Standard Definition
