An IAIS detour waits for a BNSF crew about a mile east of the Silvis Transfer.

IAIS's westbound Blue Island-Council Bluffs manifst is massively overpowered as it departs up the steep grade out of the Mississippi River Valley. The consists is: SD38-2, SD38-2, GP38-2 (DIT), th... (more)

Three generations of diesels, a SD38-2, ES44AC and GP10, line up at the North Limit Yard.

IAIS 151 slowly picks up speed as it leaves the IC yard.

IAIS 151 slowly picks up speed as it leaves the IC yard.

Detour train waits for a BNSF crew.

Now with an IHB yard crew aboard, the IAIS 151 ducks under the former IC main and Metra electric for head room out the east end of Riverdale Yard. I'm fairly certain this is the farthest east the ... (more)

IAIS 151 splits the famed bridges of BI and heads east toward Riverdale Yard. It was a neat change of pace to have the engines on the east end of the train instead of shoving their cupola like usu... (more)

The BNSF crewed IAIS train strolls down the Harbor no quicker then a sloth would... slowly approaching Blue Island.

The 123 car detour strolls through CP 71st St. on the Harbor with an approach down to 87th St... of course running IHB style.

IAIS 151 swings around the wye and onto the IHB Main, still operating on very foreign tracks on a rare detour route.

BNSF's derailment in Colona severed the IAIS connection to their mainline, resulting in this detour routed down the ole Transcon. Here IAIS detour manifest "Foreign train, Barstow, IL to McCook, I... (more)

An extremely rare detour on the BNSF and IHB makes its way south on the IHB....FBAIMCI (An Iowa Interstate roadfreight that ran from Colona to Chicago via ex-BN and ATSF track) has just made it on... (more)

The Rock Island Turn just met the CBBI train at North Star and is working on getting back up to track speed after clearing the siding. The train is crossing the Cedar River at Moscow on its way ba... (more)

With 4 SD38's for power and a short train, the Rock Island Turn is heading thru Atalissa on the way west towards Iowa City. This job runs from Iowa City to Rock Island and back every night. Today ... (more)