IAIS 6988 leads a positioning move East past the depot in West Liberty.

Iowa Interstate's QJ 6988 leads the deadhead excursion consist over the Cedar River. 6988 will make four scheduled trips between Wilton and Stockton.

With time quickly running out on it's boiler certification, Iowa Interstate QJ steam locomotive 6988 spent the weekend running fire department fundraising excursions for the Oxford and Wilton fire... (more)

A haze sets in from wildfires out west as IAIS 6988 highballs Victor Iowa on the home stretch to South Amana.

6988 pulls its cut of cars towards the east siding switch so IAIS 708 can couple on the rear and begin its shakedown run to South Amana and return.

After stopping for a service stop in Grinnell, 6988 storms east and slams the UP Oskaloosa Sub diamond in Grinnell. It is also passing the Vintage Depot that served both the Rock Island and Minnea... (more)

Having just departed South Amana around 10 minutes prior, 6988 wastes no time heading back towards Newton on its shakedown run.

IAIS 6988 is close to completing its first maintenance run as it rounds the curve outside of Newton Iowa.

After almost an hour in Kellogg repairing the power reverser bolt, 6988 highballs west towards Newton where they will tie down for the night before their trip to South Amana and return the next da... (more)

As a pop up thunderstorm passes to the east, Iowa Interstate 6988 has completed its first maintenance run between Kellogg and Newton as it pulls into the yard so the crew can make some adjustments... (more)

Iowa Interstate 6988 turns its wheels for the first time in 2 years after some time in storage due to COVID. The hard working crew has just finished putting the locomotive back together for upcomi... (more)

IAIS 6988 pulls a short cut of freight cars west towards Newton, IA after a few days of excursions out in Illinois.

This is a photo of Iowa Interstate's July 4, 2019 passenger excursion, to benefit the Oxford, IA fire department. Taken at 10:05 A.M. this would have been the first of five runs that day. Location... (more)

QJ 6988 crosses the UP diamonds on the return trip to Newton.

Henry Posner III waves as he gets ready to engineer the QJ back to Newton after a July 4th fire department fundraiser at Oxford.