Iowa Interstate 513 and 516 lead a pair of NS and another IAIS engine on CBBI onto the Government Bridge crossing the Mississippi River from Davenport to Rock Island.

Old and new power sit on the ready at the South Amana Yard.

Eastbound through Cisco, this long train consisting entirely of covered hoppers is in Tunnels 39 and 38, while Tunnels 4 and 3 sit on the outside as part of the original Central Pacific line.

The Illinois Railway Museum sent their former Santa Fe FP45 92 to NRE to be rebuilt to operating condition while other cosmetic restoration will be completed at the museum at a later date. The Io... (more)

The three paint schemes of the IAIS ES44ACs, featuring IAIS 513, IAIS 516, and IAIS 511. Taken at the east end of the Silvis Yard.

An Iowa Interstate gevo was an unexpected surprise on UP's North Yard to North Platte manifest, seen here nearing the top of their climb at Speer Junction, just outside Cheyenne, Wyoming.

UP's North Yard (Denver) to North Platte manifest makes its way north through Eaton, Colorado, on a hot June afternoon. There's nothing different about the train, with the exception of a midwester... (more)

Interesting power for a NS-Iowa Interstate interchange train. CP power followed by two NS, ex-UP SD9043AC's.

Iowa Interstate's newest engine in Rock Island colors passes another successor to the Rock Island, IANR's 678 which is part of the Hawkeye Express.

The Conrail heritage unit along with two BNSF GE's lay over in the Iowa Interstate yard at South Amana, Iowa after delivering a coal train to ADM in Cedar Rapids.

CP's B73 Nitrin Job with Iowa Interstate's 30th Anniversary ES44AC 516 departs West Davenport Yard.

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)

Westbound Iowa Interstate Blue Island to Council Bluffs train

The Iowa Northern has been getting extra traffic on the south end of their railroad this year. Here an ethanol train heads south for interchange with the Iowa Interstate at Cedar Rapids. The train... (more)

The Superior to Northtown rolls through Cambridge on a warm April afternoon and is led by a former Burlington Northern SD40-2 and two fromer Iowa Interstate geeps.