Iowa Interstate Council Bluffs to Blue Island train is east of Bureau Junction at the small tow of DePue

Iowa 505 leads BICB west past the historic Rock Island depot in New Lenox.

Iowa Interstate's heritage engines are paired together and tied down on the "second eastbound" that will run to Blue Island later in the night while the "first eastbound" depar... (more)

Iowa 510 leads BICB west past the soon to be relocated Rock Island era depot in New Lenox.

IAIS 516 and 513 (the anniversary duo) lead CBBI through the country by Geneseo.

IAIS 516 and 513 (the anniversary duo) on the head end of CBBI, pulling up to the Carbon Cliff switch so the SISW crew can retrieve the nearby IAIS 705 West.

As a steady rain begins to fall, Iowa Interstates Anniversary Duo leads CBBI through Minooka Illinois. Also hidden in the consist is NS 1066

Iowa Interstate's eastbound CBBI draws a crowd, featuring 3 heritage units: IAIS 513, IAIS 516, and NS 1066.

Lincoln seems to give the train a tip of his top hat as the Iowa Interstate "SIPE" (Silvis to Peoria) passes the Seward Johnson sculpture at the Peoria Riverfront Museum.

The Iowa Interstate 30th anniversary unit rests in Burr Oak yard in Blue Island.

Iowa Interstate’s CBBI eastbound freight passes milepost 463 approaching the 390th Street overpass west of Hancock, Iowa, on a sunny April 12, 2016.

Iowa Interstates Rock Island heritage unit leads BICB through Ottawa Illinois past a vintage rock island searchlight.

The Peoria Riverfront Museum now occupies the block across the street from the old Peoria Rock Island station. This replaced an old Sears store and attached parking deck, which was really decrepi... (more)

Iowa Interstate's Rock Island Switcher works the Milan Branch, passing the Case Runaround and Rock Island River Terminal spur.

Iowa Interstate's westbound road freight passes the former Missouri Division Junction. In the Rock Island days, this is where the mainline to Kansas City split from the mainline to Omaha.