Iowa Interstate CBBI (Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Blue Island, Illinois) freight leaves Atlantic, Iowa, and is about to duck under the Highway 6 overpass east of town on April 12, 2016.

CBBI closes in on Blue Island as Iowa 714 and 512 cruise under the Rock Island cantilever in Robbins.

IAIS Rock Island Heritage leads Council Bluffs to Blue Island train moves through the new Metra station in Joliet. Existing Light.

Over the government bridge...

A pair of IAIS ES44s lead CBBI east over the Government Bridge.

IAIS 513 rock's & roll's through Ottawa, IL on it's way to the IHB in Blue Island, IL.

A pair of Iowa ES44AC's are working hard to bring their heavy CBBI through New Lenox.

Iowa 504 leads a late CBBI east out of Joliet.

Iowa 504 leads a late CBBI east past Pilcher Park.

A late CBBI heads east out of Joliet on a sunny morning.

The three Iowas are making quite a racket as they haul a heavy CBBI out of the Joliet River Valley.

Iowa 504, 152 and 151 head east through Rockdale, advancing up to Bridge 407 to await the 10:24 Metra's departure out of Joliet.

CBBI's pair of GEVO's thunder east out of Joliet, along the old Rock Island.

Iowa SD38-2 151 holds at Rockdale with CBBI next to a crewless Q556 with a IC&E unit on the point.

Iowa 151 and 506 bask in the morning sunlight at Rockdale.