EMDs at night. After getting our shots of the Iowa Interstate QJs, we turned our attention to GP38-2 721 waiting for its next assignment. To see the engine in action the next morning in ver... (more)

A heavy fog blanketed the entire Iowa City area on a cool Saturday morning as Iowa Interstate GP38-2 721 went about its business, oblivious to the numerous railfans looking for the QJs. Note the c... (more)

IAIS 721 + 709 + 720 depart Iowa City Yard

Locomotives and fall colors compliment each other.

Passing the former Rock Island station on a BEAUTIFUL day.

IAIS 721 south with "the empty coal train," plus two hoppers, exits a wooded portion of the 2nd Subdivision near the Tri-County RV center.

The plow clears the front deck's railing by about a foot - this house comes closer to a rail line than any other I've seen! It's even got a river view and its own dock, too.

The perfect house: Just outside Peoria, a beautiful view of the Illinois River out the back deck, and the Iowa Interstate running just off your front deck. Sounds like my kind of house! IAIS 721 i... (more)

IAIS 721 rolls west past the old Rock Island depot at West Liberty, Ia, with the BICB.

New meets old here at Iowa City as BICB-17's power gets swapped out, and the older generation get a trun up front for the trip to Council Bluffs.

The IAIS, BNSF, and the Iowa Democratic Party got together and ran a special train from Des Moines to the Governor's Inauguration Dinner/Ball that evening in Iowa City. The special is preparing t... (more)

IAIS 721, 710, 485, 628, and 627 depart Iowa City over the Iowa River with the west train bound for Council Bluffs.

IAIS 721 and BICB pull past IAIS 485 and the westbound power set at the west end of Iowa City yard.