IAIS hosted a double header steam freight to the Quad Cities and then excursions to raise money for the Salvation Army, benefitting victims of floods in the region.

With a happy engineer on board, LNM34 can be seen at Grinnell as they can be viewed crossing the old Rock Island Railroad interlocking as the engineer smacks the throttle and blows the horn for th... (more)

UP GP60 #1066, still wearing most of its SP paint is leading job LNM34 southbound down the Oskaloosa Sub for Eddyville, IA. They're seen in this image passing by a farm just south of Grinnell, IA.

10pm - Westbound BICB Iowa Interstate from South Amana to Newton Iowa - See here passing through the diamond UP/IAIS in Grinnell Iowa

With a GEVO and two GP's on the head end and another GEVO bringing up the rear, the Iowa Interstate's CBBI makes its way east over the Newton Subdivision and is about to pound the diamond with the... (more)

KCSM 4567 leads IAIS grain train XNTSW-01 eastbound through Grinnell, IA past the old Rock Island depot on the Newton Subdivision.

10pm Northbound local LM394 Union Pacific rolls across the rickety old wood bridge over 1st ave. in downtown Grinnell Iowa with 3 UP units and 3 cars. This is a daily from Marshalltown IA that swi... (more)

Late evening Union Pacific Trio rolling, just North of Grinnell Iowa - This sub is off the main Clinton Sub that runs down South of downtown Grinnell

Night time Westbound , Iowa Interstate rolls across the UP/Iowa Interstate diamond and in front of the old Rock Island Depot in Grinnell IA at 11pm. Five units in the lead , two IA GEVOs and3 BNSF... (more)

Iowa Interstate train CBBI passing the Grinnell Station on the former Rock Island crossing over the UP Oskaloosa Sub (former Minneapolis & St Louis line)

IAIS 6988 crawls past the historic Grinnell depot before a crew change point east of the Union Pacific Oskaloosa Subdivision diamonds with 2100 tons of freight.

UP 554 & 500 creeping over the Iowa Interstate on the UP Oskaloosa Sub.

Iowa Interstate 6988 blasts off from a brief stop at Grinnell continuing on to South Amana during its final run before its 1472 inspection.

6988 heads eastbound past the former Spaulding Manufacturing Company, now housing new apartments.

The Iowa Interstate's CBBI freight has slowed to 20 mph as it rolls over the diamond with the Union Pacific in Grinnell, Iowa and passes by a set of searchlight signals that govern the crossing. T... (more)