Southbound manifest comes off one of Cal-Sag Channel steel bridges while crossing famous Blue Island Diamond.

Handsome locos sit idle while waiting to head west.

Iowa Interstate CBBI in Malcolm

Iowa Interstate GP38-2 was built by EMD in August 1972 as Penn Central 8020. With the formation of Conrail in 1976, this diesel became CR 8020. It was later sold back to EMD, which placed it in ... (more)

A late running CBBI finishes work in downtown Des Moines with Iowa Interstate's Rock Island painted ES44AC over a fresh layer of snow.

Iowa Interstate BICB with the Rock Island heritage locomotive leading rockets through Downtown Marseilles as it passes the old Rock Island depot.

Iowa Interstate train BICB bound for Council Bluffs crawls through Downtown Joliet across Bridge 407 with the Rock Island heritage locomotive, IAIS 513 leading. This historic lift bridge over the ... (more)

As Chicagoland preps for the Christmas weekend, IAIS provides a Christmas present of their own. A GP38 & the 516 heritage locomotive on the morning eastbound into Blue Island, seen here passing th... (more)

Iowa Interstate train SIPE with engine #517 creeps into Peoria along the Illinois River where a barge is being used to replace the US 150 bridge.

Iowa train SIPE with engine #517 rolls along the Illinois River as it approaches Peoria where they'll interchange with the Tazewell & Peoria.

Iowa Interstate train BISW departs Burr Oak Yard with interchange traffic for the IHB at Blue Island.

10pm - Westbound BICB Iowa Interstate from South Amana to Newton Iowa - See here passing through the diamond UP/IAIS in Grinnell Iowa

With a GEVO and two GP's on the head end and another GEVO bringing up the rear, the Iowa Interstate's CBBI makes its way east over the Newton Subdivision and is about to pound the diamond with the... (more)

With a GEVO and two GP's on the head end and another GEVO bringing up the rear, the Iowa Interstate's CBBI has slowed to pass through a work zone along Route 6 outside of Ladora, Iowa. Crews are m... (more)

IAIS 517 & 510 lead XCRSA 14 (CRCB, coal empties for the BNSF in Council Bluffs, IA) southbound through Fairfax, IA. This was IAIS 517's first time leading a revenue freight after being delivered ... (more)