As Chicagoland preps for the Christmas weekend, IAIS provides a Christmas present of their own. A GP38 & the 516 heritage locomotive on the morning eastbound into Blue Island, seen here passing th... (more)
A CSX crew working on the diamonds takes a brief break to allow an Iowa Interstate train, crossing the Calumet Sag Channel on the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (also known as the Indiana Harbo... (more)
IAIS 700 and 711 pull two IAIS business cars through the Hwy 6 grade crossing outside of West Liberty, IA. They are headed for Peoria, IL where the Board of Directors excursion will occur the next... (more)
IAIS 700 brings the Iowa Interstate Business Train into Oxford Iowa deadheading towards Peoria Illinois for the railroads annual Board of Directors Special the next day. The BOD Train will then ru... (more)
IAIS 700 arrives back at the South Amana yard with the 6988 and train.
IAIS 700 leads 6988 and train past the West Liberty depot
IAIS 700, 6988 and train depart Wilton, headed for the South Amana yard.
It's 2:16 PM; the 6988 and train arrive back in Wilton, pulled by IAIS 700. This marks the end of a successful day of excursions. After a final "photo run-by" the 700 will pull 6988, train and cre... (more)
Backing their train down the Iowa Interstate’s line and across the Calumet Sag Channel and through one of the five through truss bridges (four of which are still in service) that span the channe... (more)
IAIS 700 pulls the 1:30PM Wilton excursion back to town, seen here from the porch of the Hawkeye business car.
Clear of Bridge 407 and the diamonds at UD Tower, three Iowa EMD's are giving it all they got as they lug the eastbound SIBI out of Joliet on the old Rock Island.
IAIS 700 brings SIBI east through CP 66th Court in Tinley Park.
An eastbound extra SIBI makes its way down the old Rock Island, about to pass under La Grange Road in Mokena.
IAIS 700 leads SIBI through the outskirts of Morris on the New Rock.
IAIS 700 (GP38-2) leads IAIS SIBI east past the old Rock Island seachlights in Robbins, Illinois.
