A few minutes after 5 PM finds IAIS GEVO 500 and GP38-2 701 leading the westbound BICB east of Homestead, Iowa.

The East train slugging through Homestead behind GEVO class unit #500.

With the first snow of the season coming down, GEVO 511 gets a taste of winter on the BICB as it approaches the crossing at Homestead, Iowa with a string of green INCOBRASA hoppers in tow.

A solo GE ES44AC 501 leads the CBBI through Homestead, Iowa on a early November morning.

The QJ's stop at Yocum Connection to close the west switch and do a bit of maintenance. Crews clean the ashes and check the rods.

The QJ's stop at Yocum Connection to close the west switch and do a bit of maintenance.

IAIS new GE ES44AC's 507 and 509 pass the only operating signal on the mainline and slows to take the switch at Yocum Connection to head to Cedar Rapids on the CIC line.

On their first revenue in daylight from Iowa City to Cedar Rapids, new IAIS GEs spliced by an SD38-2 head west through Homestead, Iowa.

Due to some problems with 510, the freshly washed 151 was added to the consist at Iowa City for the trip to Cedar Rapids.

After leaving a train of empty grain cars on the wye at Yocum Connection, the IAIS 484 waits in the siding at Homestead for BICB to pass by. These would become some of the last miles for the IAIS ... (more)

With the five units struggling upgrade through Homestead, the previous days snow deposited a hefty amount of the white stuff... allowing the local plow truck to re-deposit it... well you get the i... (more)

The East train heads toward Iowa City after doing work at Yocum Connection.

QJ 7081 holds on the east leg of the wye at Yocum until a new trackwarrant can be obtained. The plan was to drop the 8-car break-in train on the west leg and run lite back to Iowa City.

ICCR, led by IAIS 703, tunnels through the trees just east of Homestead, Iowa, ready to get on the Crandic Line to Cedar Rapids.

CBBI meets ICCR.