The Iowa Interstate doubleheader rolls through downtown Davenport, Iowa on the inbound trip to Rock Island for Train Festival 2011.
The gang's all here! Two Iowa Interstate QJs and NKP 765 bask in the late afternoon sun in Rock Island after their arrival in town for Train Festival 2011.
IAIS Chairman Henry Posner III takes a short walk up the track as as his QJ's and steam crews take a break from the extreme high temperatures hovering around 100 degrees.
QJs 6988 & 7088 team up to haul the "Turn" eastbound out of Iowa City, showing they can turn a buck while on the way to Trainfest 2011 in the Quad Cities.
Iowa interstate QJ's led by the "Americanized" 6988 double head east smoking it up as they cross the diamonds in Grinnell.
Iowa Interstate's "Americanized" QJ 6988 makes its third test run of the day in preparation for Saturday's excursion.
Jingpeng pass
One of Iowa Interstate's two Chinese steamers, pulls out of Rock Island.
class 99 7243 heads a train to Eisfelder Talmühle on the Harzquerbahn and reaches the 500 metres above sea level sign at Drei Annen