Night time Westbound , Iowa Interstate rolls across the UP/Iowa Interstate diamond and in front of the old Rock Island Depot in Grinnell IA at 11pm. Five units in the lead , two IA GEVOs and3 BNSF... (more)

A westbound IAIS road freight departs the yard at South Amana in the early afternoon.

The sun has started to break out as the 1100 Newton Switcher crew brings BICB east out of Ladora Iowa. Trailing on this days BICB is a N&S GP60 and a GMTX (ex KCS) cab end Switcher. The NS GP70 is... (more)

The Blue Island to Council Bluffs daily freight rumbles across the Iowa River in downtown Iowa City. The train is working west towards South Amana from Silvis. In the consist the 1 of the 4 the S... (more)

The west train passes over a partially frozen Cedar River near Moscow. The train is working west from Silvis to South Amana on the Iowa City Sub. The Iowa Interstate has a pair daily freights that... (more)

With daylight slowly running out, 507 has been breaking through drifts for many miles. Just west of Marengo they hit a big one.

IAIS 507 crest a slight hill as it heads for Davenport. On a whim I decided to drive to Iowa in hopes of getting IAIS 513 but it was not to be.

An IAIS mixed freight sits tied down outside the yard.

Westbound Blue Island to Silvis road freight passes the old Rock Island depot at Morris on a hazy summer morning.

Westbound BICB heads thru Anita IA on a cold winter day in 2016.

CBBI-17 with 507 and 150 has pulled up to a stop at Silvis while the SISW and future SIPE power sits on the RIP tracks. Locomotives in NRE's deadlines round out the background. As seem from the IL... (more)

A late running CBBI makes it way east to Blue Island, IL

Iowa 507 leads the BICB west past the John Deere pavilion in Moline.

CBBI creeps slowly along on the BNSF Industrial track towards Silvis.

Iowa 507 leads a fellow sister and IHB 2161 into New Lenox.