The Railroading Heritage of Midwest America organization operated two days of excursions with restored DDA40X "Centennial" locomotive #6936, with Iowa Interstate providing ES44AC #513 fo... (more)

UP DDA40X #6936 and IAIS Rock Island heritage unit #513 lead "The Quad Cities Rocket” as they head back east across the Iowa River in Iowa City, IA. on their way back to Silvis, IL. This wa... (more)

UP DDA40X #6936 and IAIS Rock Island heritage unit #513 lead "The Quad Cities Rocket” west across the Iowa River in Iowa City, IA. This was a fundraiser trip hosted by Railroading Heritage ... (more)

UP 6936 and IAIS 513 leads "The Quad Cities Rocket" train across the Iowa River

IAIS Freight Train SICR heads westbound across the Iowa River in Iowa City, IA.

IAIS Freight Train SICR heads westbound across the Iowa River in Iowa City, IA.

Iowa Interstate RR SASI, Eastbound over the Iowa River in Iowa City with 510 and the Rock Island Heritage unit leading the way

Double Heritage - Eastbound SASI , Iowa Interstate with three units leading a rather long train across the Iowa River in Iowa City IA. Two Heritage paint schemes in this consist

I was attending a summer school workshop at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA back in June of 1994. As with many of my pre-internet trip, I arrived with zero knowledge of what the local rail... (more)

Double header freight heading east at sunrise.

With the Rock Island heritage leading a seven unit consist, the Iowa Interstate's BICB gets on the move out of Iowa City, Iowa after holding to meet the 6988 steam special. The train is crossing o... (more)

IAIS 153, NS 6989, & 9903 lead an empty coal train from ADM in Cedar Rapids, also known as CRPE, eastbound in the Lucas area of Iowa City. This ended up being one of, if not the last NS run throug... (more)

Both of IAIS's Chinese QJ's are heading back to Newton after a weekend of flood relief special runs.

IAIS FRA GEO 17 - the FRA GEO train inspects IAIS rails over the Iowa River, following the IAIS SSAPE.

IAIS 6988 crosses the Iowa River on the way to Wilton, IA