For the first time in 4 years, IAIS 151 is on the point of a road train, seen here in Mineral, IL leading a PESI on a beautiful summer afternoon. In addition to it being 151's first run in 4 years... (more)
Iowa Interstates heritage unit leads an eastbound down the street in Davenport on a gloomy morning.
IAIS Freight Train SICR heads westbound across the Iowa River in Iowa City, IA.
IAIS Freight Train BICB heads westbound through Malcom, IA.
Windmills and rolling hills provide a beautiful backdrop for this afternoons Iowa Interstate westbound BICB seen here passing through Malcom, IA.
Iowa Interstate's "PESI" rounds the corner at TZPR's West Yard with BioUrja grain silos in the background (former site of ADM and Hiram Walker before that). CB&Q's former Peoria yard wa... (more)
After stopping to drop the conductor in town, the pair of ES44AC's in charge of Iowa Interstates CBBI pull the train east to take headroom to work the Heartland Coop grain elevators in Kellogg, Io... (more)
One of the two newly reactivated SD38s owned by the Iowa Interstate, drags 70 cars out of the Illinois River Valley bound for Silvis from Peoria.
After years of being go-to motive power for the Iowa Interstate, their SD38 fleet has been banished to storage lines and sheds for quite sometime. Similar to 2022, two of their four SD38s were pul... (more)
IAIS GP38-2 701 leads a passenger special East through Wyanet.
Off to Chicago, the daily EB freight grinds upgrade toward Homestead after departing the beautiful new yard and shop area. Really wished they had swapped those units.
Iowa Interstate train CBBI at Newton
Southbound manifest comes off one of Cal-Sag Channel steel bridges while crossing famous Blue Island Diamond.
Handsome locos sit idle while waiting to head west.