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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

 
 
  • 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." 
 
   
   
   
     
  Photo Gallery:  Stewart Buck's photos of QJ 6988 benefit trips for Colfax and Kellogg Fire Depts., July 9, 2011

 
  Iowa Interstate "Americanizes" Chinese steam locomotive
(PDF 98k)  |  TRAINS News Wire  |  1 Jul 2011


 
  Photo Gallery: Steam loco 7081 pulls benefit trips for fire depts. in western Iowa

 
  TRAINS News Wire:  QJ to pull western Iowa trips on Iowa Interstate
(PDF 33k)  |  6 Jul 2010


 
  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.)
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Corman rolls out a red QJ
(PDF 437k)  |  TRAINS Magazine  |  August 2008

 
  TRAINS News Wire: Corman to break in QJ on Saturday
(PDF 19k)  |  20 May 2008

 
  Preservation:  More Chinese steam arrives
(PDF 120k)  |  TRAINS Magazine  |  April 2008

 
  Rock Island 'QJs'!
(PDF 1.2M)  |  Steam Railway  |  31 Jan-24 Feb 2008

 
  Dreams of steam
(PDF 245k)  |  Kentucky.com  |  17 January 2008

 
  TRAINS News Wire: Chinese steamer, bound for Corman, arrives stateside
(PDF 53k)  |  3 January 2008

 
  TRAINS News Wire: Chinese steam locomotive ready for trip to U.S.
(PDF 20k)  |  29 October 2007

 
  Highlights of the QJ steam-hauled freight run on IAIS
Des Moines/Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 9-10, 2007:
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
  More video clips of QJ doubleheader:  
   
   
 
Modeling China's--and now Iowa's--mighty QJ 2-10-2's

(PDF 266k)  |  Railroad Model Craftsman  |  February 2007

 
  Coming to America
(PDF 1.6 MB)  |  TRAINS Magazine  |  February 2007

 
  Chinese steam: a Heartland fantasy
(PDF 518k)  |  TRAINS Magazine  |  December 2006

 
  An improbable 2-10-2 revival
(PDF 297k)  |  Classic Trains  |  Winter 2006


 
  Highlights of the QJ's first excursion at RiverWay 2006
Quad Cities, Sept. 14-17, 2006:

 
   
 
  • DVD by Revelation Video:  "Rock Island Rooster" 
    (75 minutes -- highlights of the QJs coming to America and their first public excursion at RiverWay)
 
   
   
   
   
   
     
  Train-crazy Q-C puts RiverWay on right track
(PDF 55k)  | 
Quad-City Times  |  19 Sept. 2006

 
  Chinese locomotives draw crowds on RiverWay run
(HTML 50k)  |  AP-Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier  |  16 Sept. 2006

 
  Dinner and a train ride
(PDF 56k)  |  The Dispatch  |  15 Sept. 2006


 
  First test run of Chinese steam on IAIS
http://www.iaisrailfans.org/gallery/QJBreakIn

(HTML)  |  6 Sept. 2006


 
  TRAINS News Wire: Chinese steam locomotives begin testing in Iowa
(PDF 19k)  |  28 August 2006


 
  The Friends of the 261 will operate excursions powered by Chinese steam locomotives   (HTML 38k)  |  31 July 2006

 
  TRAINS News Wire: Details finalized for fall excursions behind Chinese steam   (PDF 20k)  |  18 July 2006 

 
  TRAINS News Wire:  Chinese steam locomotives may pull Midwest excursions in September  (PDF 189k)  |  12 July 2006  

 
 
  Links to QJ technical information and history:  
   
   
  Links to video clips of QJ's operating in China:  
   
   
  Importing RDC's Two Chinese QJ-class 2-10-2's
Links to railfan photo galleries:
 
   
   
   
   
     
  Preservation:  Big Chinese steam is headed to the heartland
(PDF 170k)  |   TRAINS Magazine  |  July 2006


 
  TRAINS News Wire:  Chinese 2-10-2's arrive in the United States  
(PDF 43k)  | 
13 June 2006

 
  TRAINS Breaking News:  More Chinese steam coming to the U.S. 
(PDF 57k)  |  21 April 2006
 
     
 

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