Iowa Interstate's "west train" takes the 30th Anniversary ES44AC 516 west through Moline where it will go to the South Amana shops and be setup for regular service.

Iowa Interstate's 30th Anniversary ES44AC basks in the morning winter sunlight at CP's West Davenport Yard prior to being delivered to the IAIS later in the morning.

Iowa Interstate's BICB train crosses over Interstate 280 with the newly delivered IAIS #516 in tow. The unit will be dropped off at the shops in South Amana to be set up for duty.

The Cedar Rapids Turn drops down grade towards Amana with 80 cars from interchange at Cedar Rapids. This job works from South Amana to Cedar Rapids and back each day. The train has the 514 on the ... (more)

The Newton Switcher made a South Amana Turn today to move grain out of Kellogg and Malcolm to South Amana, and respot Malcom with 25 empties. Seen here westbound back to Newton with the Malcom emp... (more)

The Cedar Rapids Turn is about back to South Amana with 80 cars from the CIC as the snow comes down hard. This job normally makes a daylight trip from South Amana to Cedar Rapids and back. Trains ... (more)

IAIS SD38-2 152 leads a extra eastbound ethanol train out of Joliet.

On what looks like a lovely day was actually a bitterly cold day at three degrees with a 30mph wind. So I bundled up and walked a few blocks from my parking spot to shoot this Iowa Interstate GP38... (more)

Just moments after being released from Mid America Car, IAIS 516 sits hooked to a KCS SD70ACe in the southern belle scheme. Both units wear very similar colors as they soak up the cold February su... (more)

Sitting alone, in the middle of a mid February snow storm. IAIS 516 in a Rock Island tribute scheme sits on the KCS ready track at Mid America Car.

Just released from Mid America Car IAIS' newly painted unit sits on the ready track waiting for KCS to pick it up.

This afternoon, Mid-America Car in KC released the Iowa Interstate #516 and placed it out on the setout track for the KCS. The paint on this is a nod to the Rock Island's red and yellow from the ... (more)

This afternoon, Mid-America Car in KC released the Iowa Interstate #516 and placed it out on the setout track for the KCS. The paint on this is a nod to the Rock Island's red and yellow from the ... (more)

Iowa Interstate QJ's 6988 and 7081 double-head a freight train from Iowa City to Rock Island to position themselves for Train Festival 2011.

IAIS 513 is fresh out of the MAC shop and ready to be shipped to Iowa. Too bad it's been cloudy in KC for the past 2 weeks.