Iowa Interstate 513 and 516 lead a pair of NS and another IAIS engine on CBBI onto the Government Bridge crossing the Mississippi River from Davenport to Rock Island.
Iowa Interstate runs on ex-Rock Island rails and there are still many reminders of the past 30 years after the Rock Island shut down. The Rock Island heritage unit passes over one such reminder s... (more)
155 years later, trains still pass under this marker placed on the Summit Street Bridge commemorating the history of the first railroad into Iowa City in 1856. Here, Rock Island heritage GEVO 513 ... (more)
The eastbound rolls past the grain silos in the heart of the community of Walcott.
513, running at track speed, blasts past the Ex-Rock Island Depot on a marvelous spring day.
GEVO 504 along with GP38-2 706 bisects a string of hoppers in the Iowa City Yard.