Iowa Interstate's "Rock Island" heritage unit leads the daily Blue Island to Council Bluffs train through Hancock, Iowa.

Iowa Interstate's "Rock Island" heritage unit leads the daily Blue Island-Council Bluffs train west across Iowa.

Warm weather as we take a trip to Chillicothe, IL to catch the Iowa Interstate Steam Excursions!

IAIS QJ 6988 sits in front of the Bureau depot at the end of the day of excursions. A huge thanks goes out to the IAIS steam team for going above and beyond accommodating for the many fans present... (more)

IAIS 6988 smokes it up past the Chillicothe Sportsmans' Club in a torrential downpour. Despite looking like it was flying along, the locomotive was at the maximum track speed of only 25 mph!

Iowa Interstate's Chinese QJ 2-10-2 6988 storms past the Putnam, IL elevator on a deadhead run to Bureau Junction after running public trips from Chillicothe to Henry all day.

IAIS “QJ” 2-10-2 steam locomotive 6988 blasts past the Chillicothe Sportsmans Club in a thunderstorm on Saturday during its final run to Sparland. Copyright Steve Smedley

IAIS “QJ” 2-10-2 steam locomotive 6988 preps for a day of excursions in downtown Chillicothe.

It's not the Big Boy but how many regional railroads can boast the have steam on their roster? After a short stop to check the bearings 6988 heads east through Kellogg, Iowa on a test run from New... (more)

Two IAIS SD38-2s lead SIBU into Geneseo

Steam fever spreads. Even the engines making up Iowa Interstate’s CBBI (Council Bluffs, Iowa to Blue Island, IL) are puttin’ it out as Big Boy fever spreads. IAIS 601 (GP38, ex-Missouri Pacifi... (more)

IAIS 509 leads BISI into Geneseo

The South Amana to Cedar Rapids turn job had 2 38's and 2 GEVO's for their daily trek to Cedar Rapids and back. Here the job passes the old depot at Amana on the Cedar Rapids Sub on their way sout... (more)

IAIS BICB rolls through Iowa City with a long hooded lashup!

IAIS 508 leads the daily Silvis to Blue Island train through New Lenox on beautiful Easter Sunday morning.