Stopped at the normal daily stop, the Blue Island, IL to Council Bluffs, IA freight train begins to switch the paper plant at Marengo. The train has to cutoff at the east end of the siding to work... (more)

Pretty sad when a cool shortline railroad in Iowa now looks like a class one railroad. It has gone from Alco's and geeps to a single GEVO. Here a one unit wonder rolls west with the Blue Island, I... (more)

The West train has just pulled into Iowa City. Now the crew will setout a big chunk of cars for a 13:00 switch engine to switch out for the Cedar Rapids job. Also the crew will setout their rear 6... (more)

The Blue Island, IL to Council Bluffs, IA freight train roll west with 7 units today. The train is about ot pass over highway 6 couple miles west of West Liberty. This train will do power and trai... (more)

IAIS 506 backs into IHB Riverdale yard at sunset, as IHB switcher does some work under the I57 bridge with rush hour traffic passing over head.

IAIS 506 leads an eastbound ethanol train out of Joliet to Blue Island, IAIS 502 is trailing as the DPU