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- IAIS QJ 6988
participates in "Trains, Planes and Automobiles," Geneseo,
IL, September 10-11, 2011
Steam
train draws a crowd to Geneseo
(PDF 183k)
| Geneseo Republic | 15 September 2011
IAIS steam
crew participates in "Minute of Remembrance" by American
Railroads on September 11, 2011 at 12:00 PM CT to mark the 10th
Anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhELTCaZuQY
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Breaking News, July 20,
2011 -- QJs set new world record for steam-hauled freight in the 21st
century!
IAIS QJs 6988 and 7081
moved 7,228 tons from Iowa City to Rock Island in the face of
extreme heat and without incident.
The QJs were headed eastbound for Rock Island, IL, where they will
participate in passenger excursions during the 4-day Train
Festival 2011, July 21-24. [00:60
festival commercial]
IAIS Chairman/Student Fireman Henry
Posner III praised the historic movement, "Special
congratulations to IAIS COO Mick Burkart and IAIS Steam Crew
Chief Robert Franzen for the results of this team effort
involving both IAIS employees and a small army of volunteers.
"Additional thanks go to UK's Chiltern Railways Chairman Adrian
Shooter, CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for doing the honor
of whistling off the departure."
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Photo
Gallery: Stewart Buck's photos of QJ 6988 benefit trips for Colfax
and Kellogg Fire Depts., July 9, 2011
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Iowa
Interstate "Americanizes" Chinese steam locomotive
(PDF 98k) |
TRAINS News Wire | 1 Jul 2011
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Photo
Gallery:
Steam loco 7081 pulls benefit trips for fire depts. in western Iowa
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TRAINS
News Wire: QJ to pull western Iowa trips on Iowa Interstate
(PDF 33k) |
6 Jul 2010
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Highlights of "Rail
Ride for Flood Relief" to benefit The Salvation Army's flood relief
and recovery efforts in Iowa and Illinois; October 18-19, 2008:
(Event sponsors: City of Rock Island, Hy-Vee, Midwest Graphics Management,
BNSF Railway, Iowa Interstate Railroad and RDC.)
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Corman
rolls out a red QJ
(PDF 437k)
| TRAINS Magazine | August 2008
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TRAINS
News Wire: Corman to break in QJ on Saturday
(PDF 19k) |
20 May 2008
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Preservation:
More Chinese steam arrives
(PDF 120k)
| TRAINS Magazine | April 2008
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Rock
Island 'QJs'!
(PDF 1.2M)
| Steam Railway | 31 Jan-24 Feb 2008
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Dreams
of steam
(PDF 245k)
| Kentucky.com | 17 January 2008
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TRAINS
News Wire: Chinese steamer, bound for Corman, arrives stateside
(PDF 53k)
| 3 January 2008
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TRAINS
News Wire: Chinese steam locomotive ready for trip to U.S.
(PDF 20k) |
29 October 2007
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Highlights of the QJ
steam-hauled freight run on IAIS
Des Moines/Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 9-10, 2007:
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More video clips of QJ
doubleheader:
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Modeling
China's--and now Iowa's--mighty QJ 2-10-2's
(PDF 266k)
| Railroad Model Craftsman | February 2007
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Coming
to America
(PDF 1.6
MB) | TRAINS Magazine | February 2007
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Chinese
steam: a Heartland fantasy
(PDF 518k)
| TRAINS Magazine | December 2006
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An
improbable 2-10-2 revival
(PDF 297k)
| Classic Trains | Winter 2006
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Highlights of the
QJ's first excursion at RiverWay 2006
Quad Cities, Sept. 14-17, 2006:
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- DVD
by Revelation Video: "Rock Island
Rooster"
(75 minutes --
highlights of the QJs coming to America
and their first public excursion at RiverWay)
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Train-crazy
Q-C puts RiverWay on right track
(PDF 55k) |
Quad-City
Times | 19 Sept. 2006
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Chinese
locomotives draw crowds on RiverWay run
(HTML 50k)
| AP-Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier | 16 Sept. 2006
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Dinner
and a train ride
(PDF 56k) |
The Dispatch | 15 Sept. 2006
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First
test run of Chinese steam on IAIS
http://www.iaisrailfans.org/gallery/QJBreakIn
(HTML) |
6 Sept. 2006
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TRAINS
News Wire: Chinese steam locomotives begin testing in Iowa
(PDF 19k) |
28 August 2006
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The
Friends of the 261 will operate excursions powered by Chinese steam
locomotives
(HTML 38k) | 31 July 2006
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TRAINS
News Wire: Details finalized for fall excursions behind Chinese steam
(PDF 20k) |
18 July 2006
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TRAINS
News Wire: Chinese steam locomotives may pull Midwest excursions in
September (PDF
189k) | 12 July 2006
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Links to QJ technical
information and history:
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Links to video clips of QJ's
operating in China:
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Importing RDC's Two Chinese QJ-class 2-10-2's
Links to railfan photo galleries:
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Preservation:
Big Chinese steam is headed to the heartland
(PDF 170k)
| TRAINS Magazine | July 2006
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TRAINS
News Wire: Chinese 2-10-2's arrive in the United States
(PDF
43k) | 13 June 2006
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TRAINS
Breaking News: More Chinese steam coming to the U.S.
(PDF
57k) | 21 April 2006 |
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