A Football Special prepares to depart from the depot at Rock Island. The train is taking fans to the University of Iowa at Iowa City.

IAIS 516 and IAIS 513 team up together on the eastbound freight for the first time since 516 entered into service on March 1st.

IAIS SD38-2 152 works the east end of Rock Island yard, taking headroom past the yard sign at the 44th Street entrance.

Norfolk Southern's Wabash heritage came to the IAIS on a run-through coal train. While the coal is being unloaded, the NS power is utilized on other trains until returned on the empties. NS 1070... (more)

Over the government bridge...

A pair of IAIS ES44s lead CBBI east over the Government Bridge.

A new IAIS GE heads BICB west thru the Quad cities on a beautiful but frigid February day.

Iowa Interstate's 30th Anniversary ES44AC 516 makes its first revenue run with Iowa Interstate's Rock Island Heritage ES44AC 513 on the "east" train at 44th Street.

The 721/651 slug set works the Milan Branch for the first time following Super Bowl Sunday's blizzard that dropped 13 inches on the Quad Cities.

An extra Silvis switcher uses a GP38-2, SD38-2, slug and GP38-2 to switch the west end of Rock Island yard while a BNSF crew air tests an outbound feed train for Texas.

The "East Train" passes two "new" Iowa Northern (ex-Santa Fe) slugs delivered earlier by the Canadian Pacific to the Iowa Interstate at Rock Island yard. The CP brought the sl... (more)

The IAIS is crossing BNSF's Crescent Bridge over the Mississippi River while their normal route over the River is closed for a bridge replacement curfew. The unique bridge was completed in 1898 b... (more)

The IAIS is crossing BNSF's Crescent Bridge over the Mississippi River while their normal route over the River is closed for a bridge replacement curfew. The unique bridge was completed in 1898 b... (more)

A pair of B40-8W's sandwich a GP60B on the 427 job.

IAIS slug-set 721/651 makes an appearance on the Milan Branch with 8 coil steel loads for the Steel Warehouse. The SISW is passing the Stockyard Run-around near 37th Ave.