A study in time. Old EMD vs new GE. Vintage Rock Island herald vs new IAIS herald. Iowa Interstate GEVO 500 passes Iowa Northerns EMD F40PH 678.

Four GE's followed by a "dead in consist" Amtrak 135 pull a Chicago bound TOFC past the East Burke siding switch.

The late afternoon sun lights up the nose of GP50 3132 as it and another Cascade Green GP lead the southbound local between Clinton and the Quad Cities.

DME's "Spirit of 86" GP40, dedictated to DME employees is parked on a yard track at Clinton, Iowa on Veterans Day, 2009.

SD38-2 156 and GEVO 500 head the east bound CBBI through Downey on the way to a meet with the westbound BICB at Northstar at Wilton.

With a couple of days of dry weather, the farmer are most likely too busy to notice new GEVO 512 in charge of the westbound train as it passes through the Iowa countryside on a beautiful November ... (more)

New GEVO 512 and sister 510 handle the westbound through Marengo, Iowa on a beautiful fall afternoon.

The Cedar Rapids turn rolls past the west switch at Hawkeye siding powered by a pair of GEVO's.

A worms eye view of IANR 678 and passengers boarding the Hawkeye Express before the Iowa-Northwestern Game.

GEVO 503 leads two othe GEVO's with a fourth on the rear in DPU on the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City turn as it enters Tiffin, Iowa.

The latest entry into the Iowa Interstate fleet; GEVO 512, less then a week on the property, lays over in the Iowa City yard. 512 and sister 513 (still at Erie and reported to be painted in a Rock... (more)

The westbound ethanol meets an eastbound stacker at a golden sunset on the east side of Clarence, Iowa.

Winter time in Iowa! SD38-2 156 and GEVO 506 bring the Council Bluffs train into the Iowa City yard past the ex-Rock Island Depot on a snowy January morning.

The Cedar Rapids-Iowa City train rolls through the Iowa countryside powered by a pair of GEVO's and two GP38-2's on a brilliant fall morning.

The fall colors on the distant hillsides seem to compliment the colors on the container in the BNSF yard at Ft. Madison. BNSF 5328, with a fresh crew onboard, heads off for Kansas City on a awesom... (more)