Iowa Interstate 513 leads a Council Bluffs, IA-Blue Island, IL freight past Tiffin,IA about 20 minutes before sunrise on this very frigid morning of January 28, 2010.

Iowa Interstate 513 leads a Council Bluffs, IA-Blue Island, IL freight over the frozen Cedar River at Moscow, IA on 1/28/10.

Iowa Interstate's Rock Island painted heritage engine, the 513, leads a Council Bluffs, IA-Blue Island, IL freight by the station sign at West Liberty, IA on 1/28/10.

Iowa Interstate's Rock Island painted heritage engine, the 513, leads a Council Bluffs, IA-Blue Island, IL freight train through a snow covered Durant, IA on a sunny but cold and blustery January ... (more)

The Rock Island heritage unit leads a late running CBBI east through New Lenox with a friendly engineer in charge.

IAIS 513 leads the daily westbound freight through downtown Moline.

The Rock Island heritage unit starts over the Cedar River with 4 other IAIS engines on the East Train.

A CBBI freight hurries eastbound past the former foundry buildings in Durant.

CBBI waits for a new crew.

Iowa 513 leads 508 and 718 out of the shadows in Rockdale as they are right on cue to make the 0924 window at UD Tower.

Iowa 513 and company thunder east through New Lenox. In the background is the former Wabash Main.

Iowa 513 east passes the approach signal to Bridge 407.

Viewed from the Larkin Avenue (Route 7) overpass in Rockdale, Iowa 513 and company pass under the old Joliet Junction, now a bike path.

A Silvis, IL - Blue Island, IL ethanol train heads east under some remaining Rock Island history. The Rock Island heritage unit is right where it belongs, on the point.

An IAIS business train being pulled by the Rock Island heritage came around a corner and struck this Canadian Pacific hi-rail truck trying to get off the tracks at the Fairmount Street crossing. ... (more)