IAIS 513 heads east with the CBBI in tow at Durant, Iowa on a crisp fall afternoon.

Rock Island heritage unit #513 leads the CBBI through Atalissa.

The Blue Island - Council Bluffs road freight passes the old Rock Island depot at La Salle - Peru.

The Rock Island heritage units leads SIBI through New Lenox.

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

A 2nd eastbound roars uphill out of Joliet, behind a pair of ES44AC's. Third out is an IHB "Genset", enroute from Silvis to Blue Island.

The CBBI heads towards Chicago on their way across Illinois.

Iowa Interstate 6988 poses for photographers, as a railfan pitches in to play a railroader for the scene at the 2012 NRHS Night Photo Session

A detoured BICB approaches Knoxville on the BN. I found it kinda funny that the 513 was the leader.

Iowa Interstate QJ No. 6988 was featured at the night photo session at the convention of the National Railway Historical Society in Iowa. Ray Saunders had his camera malfunction during the session... (more)

Iowa Interstate 6988 poses for photographers at the 2012 NRHS Convention Night Photo Session

The Cedar Rapids-Iowa City turn passes the parked Iowa Northern Hawkeye Express as it rolls through Coralville.

The IAIS BISW shoves across the Metra bridge at Blue Island

Iowa Interstate 721 and slug unit 651 catch some of the days last sunlight as the venerable duo brings the BISW up to Broadway Street out of the shadows to reverse back into the siding with a cut ... (more)

A storage line of four GP9's and 10's are still occupying the siding in Middle River, Minnesota along the Minnesota Northern Warroad subdivision. The locomotives are all owned by Independent Loco... (more)