The first passengers are loaded on the Hawkeye Express for the 2009 season and the engineer gives 'er the throttle. This year, the Hawkeye Express is traveling on brand new 115 pound CWR.

Opening day of the 2009 Iowa football season! Hawk fans board the Hawkeye Express for the two mile shuttle ride to Kinick Stadium on a beautiful September morning.

The Hawkeye Express is stop at Walford waiting on a steel gang to clear up so they can continue to Iowa City. The Iowa Northern is running this train to the Iowa Interstate for the start of the fo... (more)

In a few hours the Hawkeye Express will be shuttling fans from Coralville to downtown Iowa City for the Penn State game.

The first run out of Corallville arrives with Hawk fans ready for homecoming and the Indiana game at Kinnick Stadium.

The Hawkeye Express approaches Kinnick Stadium, home of the Iowa Hawkeyes, as it enters the Iowa City yard limits.

The Hawkeye Express heads east over Clear Creek with another load of Hawkeye Fans heading to Kinn

Here's the new look of the Hawkeye Express. Fans headed to the University of Iowa football games board near IAIS' Vernon siding for the 3.3 mile run to Kinnick Stadium.

The Hawkeye Express brings Iowa fans into Iowa City and Kinnick Stadium for the football game with Montana behind IANR F-40 #678, painted in a Rock Island inspired scheme.

IANR #678 carries football fans on the Hawkeye Express towards Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa for the game versus Montana.

The University of Iowa, the Iowa Interstate, and the Colorado Ski-Train have teamed up once again to run the "Hawkeye Express" to shuttle fans from remote parking in Coralville to Kinnick Stadium ... (more)

The University of Iowa has brought in the Denver Ski-Train to shuttle passengers to its football games to help ease parking congestion. Here is the Ski-Train as seen in Trains Magazine waiting to... (more)

The Hawkeye Express departs Kinnick Stadium after dropping off a load of passengers for the IA-ISU FB game.

A crew member boards the engine in preparation for another run of the Hawkeye Express FB Game Train.

The Ski Train operating as the Hawkeye FB Game Express waits in between runs to the stadium.