The daily IAIS train to Blue Island arrives at Vermont street as Metra crews work to clear the platforms of snow.

On a drizzly Chicagoland night IAIS' Blue Island switcher is wating to shove back up onto Metra territory and head back to home base in Burr Oak yard.....

Iowa Interstate's BICB train swings around the curve at Moscow, Iowa.

A late BICB passes the Durant cemetery, headed for a crew-train swap at Moscow with the CBBI train out of Iowa City.

A pair of 700s head east through the junction at Joliet as their eastbound journey is nearing an end.

The east train exits the Government Bridge and enters Arsenal Island.

IAIS 700 and 713 wait for the crew, in front of 713, to clean the switch of snow and ice before departing back to Bureau lite.

CBBI passes Stockton, Iowa.

Class unit #700 leads the CBBI train into Walcott for a meet with RIIC.

The inbound crew heads west over the Sylvan Slough for headroom so they can finish up their setout and tie up for the night.

The class unit heads west with three more 700's trailing. This ex-Rock Island signal is acting as the distant signal for the interlocking with the BNSF at Colona, a couple miles east of here.

CBBI's crew is busy doubling up their train as they get ready to head east for Chicago.

picking up cars from the IHB