Photos by Jeffery Manning

1 st trip out of shipyard after having been repowered with new EMD 8 cylinder 710s rated at 2000 hp a piece

N/B entering Mel Price Lock

entering the Chain of Rocks Canal S/B

Backed in Below Mel Price Lock to take on fuel and water

s/b ill river passing the old ferry landing

s/b with three loads just above the Alton Belle Casino

s/b at Alton, Il.

n/b canal

s/b entering canal

s/b entering the canal

southbound above mel price lock

nb at alton, il.

n/b above american marine junk yard in alton,il.

n/b out of mel price lock

northbound il river above grafton, il.

northbound il river above grafton il