Busy times on the IAIS as two trains are meeting with the yard job on another track! CBBI with the 502 pulls into the yard as BICB with the 150 awaits its turn to leave.
Iowa Interstate's daily BICB is combined with empty NS grain train NSPEDM-04 through downtown Moline. NS 8102 is 5th of 5 and will eventually lead the loaded train back to Peoria from Des Moines.
Eastbound SASI rumbles past the old RockIsland depot at Wilton, IA.
The Iowa Interstate Railroad is a mere 4 months old when this freight with a quartet of ex-IC(G) Paducah rebuilt EMD's thunders west out of Wilton, IA. The IAIS has risen from the ashes of the Ro... (more)
MAC-GEVO (as it is often referred to) 516 (30th anniversary paint scheme) leads 513 through Downey, Iowa
The colors of the Iowa Interstate! 513, the first Iowa Interstate Heritage engine leads the 516, the 30th anniversary engine trailed by GP38-2 601 in the standard IAIS paint scheme.
Iowa Interstate's Heritage engine 513 followed by 516 past another salute to the famous Rock Island Lines.
IAIS ICCI has just picked up some cars from the siding at Homestead, and will soon take the Yocum Connection to the CRANDIC line to Cedar Rapids.
IAIS 516 and IAIS 513 team up together on the eastbound freight for the first time since 516 entered into service on March 1st.
IAIS SD38-2 152 works the east end of Rock Island yard, taking headroom past the yard sign at the 44th Street entrance.
Iowa Interstate runs on ex-Rock Island rails and there are still many reminders of the past 30 years after the Rock Island shut down. The Rock Island heritage unit passes over one such reminder s... (more)
Iowa Interstate's special paints were paired up again on the daily eastbound CBBI for the first time since 516's first run on March 1, 2015.