| This evening my dad and I began our yearly outing to Dubuque, IA and back. Over the course of a few days, we watch trains along various main lines, with the main event for my dad being the Winter Farm Toy Show in Dyersville. While he attends the show, I stay back in Dubuque and watch trains. Of course, however, we usually get plenty of time to watch trains together going to and from Dubuque. This year, we had to cut off a day, but we still managed to get a few trains before the sun set on the Chicago District outside of Valparaiso. First off was westbound NS 26C just down from CP Nickel on the east side of Valpo. |