Iowa Interstate EMD GP38-2 No. 708 and EMD SD38-2 No. 153 momentarily sit idle at Atlantic, Iowa, on April 6, 2016.

An EMD GP38-2 awaits its next move in Atlantic, Ia.

IAIS 516 ties down the BICB just outside of Atlantic, IA to await a new crew to take it to Council Bluffs.

An Iowa Interstate freight passes local power in the yard in Atlantic. From the A. Rignaud collection.

Rumbling eastbound on the old Rock Island main line, Iowa Interstate train CBBI (Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Blue Island, Illinois) approaches Atlantic, Iowa, on April 12, 2016.

Iowa Interstate CBBI (Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Blue Island, Illinois) freight leaves Atlantic, Iowa, and is about to duck under the Highway 6 overpass east of town on April 12, 2016.

Chessie System’s famous “sleeping kitten” logo still adorns the side of Chesapeake and Ohio 50-foot boxcar No. 21054—now being used by Iowa Interstate maintenance-of-way as storage at Atla... (more)

The penguin's name is Bugle.

The pair of QJ's owned by RDC and kept on the IAIS are chartered to pull the regular westbound manifest. The impressive pair are passing the former Rock Island depot at Atlantic on their way to C... (more)

A trio of GP38s head east past the old Rock Island depot in Atlantic. Today the 628 sports the new solid painted nose with nose logo and is unfortunately slated to be sold.

In the predawn hours, the Iowa Democratic Party Special passes by the vintage Rock Island depot of Atlantic, Iowa.