Eastbound IAIS Train CBBI crossing the Government Bridge in Rock Island, IL.

The sun is shining but temps still hover in the minus teens while two IAIS products, one new from GE and the other built decades before my birth, of the EMD company, idle out a work window before ... (more)

BNSF Clinton/Galesburg service passes a CP/DME train in the Iowa Interstate yard at Rock Island.

The Rock Island heritage ES44AC leads 3 of its sisters on CBBI as it switches Rock Island yard.

The weed overgrown Rock Island yard only recently has had some resurgence as a switching and transfer point for the BNSF/ICE/IAIS. Two of the BNSF local GP's are ready for service close tothe Cent... (more)

Milwaukee Road FM H12-44 #734 working past the depot in Rock Island, IL in 1975.

The CBBI has just arrived in Rock Island and is currently doing some switching. IAIS 503 leads as IAIS 513 the Rock Island heritage unit is in tow.

A clean IAIS 512 idles in the Rock Island Yard on a chilly January afternoon.

A CBBI comes off the Government Bridge onto a causeway built up to the structure's second deck.

IAIS 513 crawls across the bridge connecting Iowa and Illinois, and is a few minutes from a crew change in Rock Island.

The BNSF Barstow Local departs IAIS's yard after doing some switching.

A IAIS MofW worker sling- a shovel-full of snow after digging it out of a switch while another uses a blower to dislodge smaller piece of the white stuff.

A CBBI switches Rock Island yard at dusk.

The beautiful ex-Rock Island station in Rock Island, IL, now serves as a venue for special occasions, such as wedding receptions, banquets and so forth.

Iowa Interstate 705 and a sister switch the yard as dusk and snow fall on Rock Island.