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.

Two great paint schemes through the fields of Iowa.

Iowa Interstate 511 and 508 slowly cross the ex-Rock Island bridge over the Iowa River as they approach the yard in Iowa City.

The Eastbound Council Bluffs to Blue Island train has just departed the new yard at Amana and heads East towards Iowa City.

The westbound led by GEVO 511 heads toward Iowa City.

511 shoves a cut of cars into the South Amana Yard.

A late Blue Island, IL, to Council Bluffs, IA, west train, rolls towards Newton with 6800 feet of train. they have work at Marengo and Kellogg en route. Here they begin to slow down for the work a... (more)

A late Blue Island, IL, to Council Bluffs, IA, west train rolls towards Newton with 6800 feet of train. They have work at Marengo and Kellogg enroute to Newton. Here they pass Homestead which is l... (more)

511 leads the east bound past a signal that used to guard the crossing of the north/south east/west Rock Island main in West Liberty.

A string of loaded ADM ethanol tanks trail a pair of GEVO's rolling east through the Iowa countryside.

Special campaign train for Iowa Governor Chet Culver makes a stop at the former CRI&P depot in West Liberty as some of the locals come out to see the event.

Its not often you see four out of five units running long hood forward as seen here passing through Homestead. I'm wondering how the train crews like running this way?

A pair of GEVO's running long hoods forward kick up the fresh snow running at restricted speeds due to inoperative ditch lights.

A clean, Iowa Interstate ES44AC, waits for the call at Rockdale.