An extra South Amana switcher had the chore yesterday of pulling coal empties from the CIC at Cedar Rapids. They used the 513 and went light to Cedar Rapids from South Amana to pull them in the la... (more)

IAIS ES44AC 513, the Rock Island heritage unit, leads CBBI East through Davenport.

Iowa Interstate's Rock Island heritage locomotive runs along side the former Rock Island Peoria passenger station which was opened in 1900 and served passengers until 1967. This is the former des... (more)

An extra South Amana switcher had the chore yesterday of pulling coal empties from the CIC at Cedar Rapids. They used the 513 and went light to Cedar Rapids from South Amana to pull them in the la... (more)

Iowa Interstate's popular Rock Island heritage unit, ES44AC #513, hustles past the restored former Rock Island depot in Marseilles, IL while leading CBBI for Blue Island, IL. I feel that the color... (more)

A late running CBBI finishes work in downtown Des Moines with Iowa Interstate's Rock Island painted ES44AC over a fresh layer of snow.

Iowa Interstate BICB with the Rock Island heritage locomotive leading rockets through Downtown Marseilles as it passes the old Rock Island depot.

Iowa Interstate train BICB bound for Council Bluffs crawls through Downtown Joliet across Bridge 407 with the Rock Island heritage locomotive, IAIS 513 leading. This historic lift bridge over the ... (more)

Iowa Interstates Rock Island heritage unit sits outside their shop waiting for its next assignment.

Smokey skies in Iowa from the Canadian wildfires - Double Heritage units lead the evening Eastbound Iowa Interstate train from South Amana to Chicago - Here they roll across the Cedar River in Mos... (more)

Pounding the old GM&O and ATSF main’s on the former Rock Island, IAIS BICB heads west past the historic UD Interlocking Tower at Joliet Union Station. IAIS 513, Iowa Interstate’s Rock Island h... (more)

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)

The Rock under The Rock. Iowa 513 slowly makes its shove move to Blue Island Yard, passing through Blue Island Junction.

The Rock Island heritage unit begins its shove move to IHB's Blue Island Yard as it crosses the Cal Sag Channel at Blue Island Junction. The interlocking tower is no longer manner but is still use... (more)

In charge of tonnage for IHB's Blue Island Yard, the Rock Island heritage unit and an NS SD70ACe shove across the Little Calumet River in Dixmoor, IL.