Double header freight heading east at sunrise.
Iowa Interstate's rolling billboard #516 leads the Peoria to Silvis train through Peoria's warehouse district.
Recently IAIS’ SD38-2’s have been put back into service and taken out of storage. Here we see 152, 153 and a GEVO duck under the Putnum elevator with PESI in tow on a sunny summer evening.
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)
BICB takes the main through CSX’s Rockdale Yard with IAIS 516, the anniversary ES44AC leading in the last bit of light left.
The IAIS 703 and 715 do some switching around the south end of their Council Bluffs railyard.
On September 10, 2016, Iowa Interstate ran a series of excursion trains on its Subdivision 2 between Henry and Chillicothe, IL to benefit the Henry Fire Department. Here, a crowd of visitors gathe... (more)
On September 10, 2016, Iowa Interstate ran a series of excursion trains on its Subdivision 2 between Henry and Chillicothe, IL to benefit the Henry Fire Department. Here, the second run of the day... (more)
Iowa Interstates famous Chinese “QJ” 2-10-2 is seen here crossing the Government Bridge from Iowa into Illinois for the final time on its boiler ticket. This would mark the conclusion of the f... (more)
After hours of work at IHB’s Blue Island Yard, IAIS’s BIIHB transfer crosses the Cal Sag and swings around the large curve at Blue Island Junction with GP38-2 701 leading ES44AC 501, preparing... (more)
Getting a fresh start outta Newton for the Quad Cities, IAIS QJ 6988 thunders east through Kellogg with 2100 tons of freight.
IAIS 6988 crawls into Illinois over the Government Bridge with 2100 tons of freight.
IAIS 6988 slowly crosses the Mississippi River on the Government Bridge from Iowa into Illinois with 2100 tons of freight.
Making its way over the Rock River in Colona, QJ 6988 advances up to the junction, where it'll wait for a BNSF to pass before continuing on to Bureau.
Leading its train off the wye at Bureau Junction, IAIS 6988 takes it slow as it prepares for lunch in town.
