San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad (SLRG) 103 - EMD E9A
Photo Gallery
IPH Move from Middleton WI to Elk Grove IL.
A green diamond has replaced the red goose, but otherwise still resplendent in the red and gray!
Iowa Pacific's Polar Express pulls back into the staging area in Middleton.
Iowa Pacific's Polar Express pulls back into the staging area in Middleton.
Iowa Pacific's Polar Express heads back East to Middleton.
Iowa Pacific's Polar Express heads back East to Middleton.
An early season blast of snow makes a fitting scene for the inaugural weekend of this year's Polar Express operations. It won't last though, the Thanksgiving Day forecast is for highs in excess of 50 degrees and rainy.
A green diamond has replaced the red goose, and an old-cast P5 has replaced the K3HA, but 103 still looks right at home on WSOR rails.
The 103, B-unit 102, and the bilevel coaches at right all wear WSOR's red and gray although they now belong to Iowa Pacific.
Although sold to Iowa Pacific over the summer, E9A 103 and B-unit 102 still wear WSOR red and gray as they return to that railroad's system for Polar Express duty. Here they are westbound entering Stoughton with the deadhead move of the consist in some nice golden light.