ICE 4208 leads the #914 local towards Bettendorf. 4208 will soon join sisters 4205,06,07 & 09 for a coat of blue, and yellow ICE paint at WSOR's Horicon, WI shops.
An Iowa Interstate "RIPE" train ducks under the ex-RI signal bridge east of Atkinson. After a set out at Bureau, the train will continue on the branch down to Peoria.
IAIS train "RIIC" rolls west through Mo. Div. Junction with manifest out of Rock Island yard.
LLPX 2809 West leads an ICCR turn past the former Rock Island Depot at Iowa City enroute to the CRANDIC's Smith-Dows Yard at the southwest end of Cedar Rapids.
LLPX 2805 marches upgrade at Fairfax with the return manifest for Iowa City Yard.
SD-38 LLPX 2809 leads three sisters over the Iowa River, headed for Cedar Rapids with 109 cars.
UP 4423 West sneaks a stack train under the US Highway 30 overpass at Union Grove.
Train BICB rolls under the Iowa Highway 38 overpass at Wilton. The train will stop to pick up three LLPX SD-38s at Moscow, before continuing on to Iowa City.
IAIS veteran GP-10 #481 heads up westbound train "BICB" at Walcott, Iowa.
Iowa Interstate train "BICB" passes Walcott, Iowa with IAIS 711 in charge.
ICE manifest "MMQSA" Passes through Dubuque, Iowa.
ICE manifest "MMQSA" (Marquette-Savanna) Holds the main at Dubuque Yard, waitng to meet an "MKCSP" train before continuing on to Savanna.
The "NSI" local works the east end of Barstow Yard before continuing west, with BNSF 871 up front in fading warbonnet paint.
Grain extra "FMCKC" (Mason City-Kansas City) knocks down the South Siding Switch at Letts with ICE 6431 in charge.
ICE 6431 South, an FMCKC symbol, rolls up to the yard office at Ottumwa for a crew change. Idling ICE 6423 stands nearby.