On only its second day of revenue service. IAIS 516, the 30th anniversary unit shoves BISW into the west end of Blue Island yard.

Iowa 516 is looking good as it shoves BISW into IHB's Blue Island Yard.

Iowa Interstate's new heritage unit, #516, basks in the afternoon sunlight in Blue Island, waiting to shove the BISW train into IHB's Blue Island Yard.

IAIS 516 makes it's first revenue run across the old Rock Island line with the CBBI train with IAIS 513 in tow at Peru, IL

New Kid On The Block IAIS 516 makes it's first revenue run with the CBBI train with IAIS 513 in tow at West Liberty, IA.

Iowa Interstate's 30th Anniversary ES44AC 516 makes its first revenue run with Iowa Interstate's Rock Island Heritage ES44AC 513 on the "east" train at 44th Street.

Iowa Interstate's 30th Anniversary ES44AC basks in the morning winter sunlight at CP's West Davenport Yard prior to being delivered to the IAIS later in the morning.

Red Yellow & Black...Iowa Interstate's new Rock Island-inspired GEVO is fresh out of Mid America and nosed into one of KCS's Belle ACe's, KCS 4176.

Just moments after being released from Mid America Car, IAIS 516 sits hooked to a KCS SD70ACe in the southern belle scheme. Both units wear very similar colors as they soak up the cold February su... (more)

Sitting alone, in the middle of a mid February snow storm. IAIS 516 in a Rock Island tribute scheme sits on the KCS ready track at Mid America Car.

A nose-to-nose comparison of two classic schemes on modern widecab locomotives-- one executed a little better than the other.

Just released from Mid America Car IAIS' newly painted unit sits on the ready track waiting for KCS to pick it up.

This afternoon, Mid-America Car in KC released the Iowa Interstate #516 and placed it out on the setout track for the KCS. The paint on this is a nod to the Rock Island's red and yellow from the ... (more)

This afternoon, Mid-America Car in KC released the Iowa Interstate #516 and placed it out on the setout track for the KCS. The paint on this is a nod to the Rock Island's red and yellow from the ... (more)