In the early 2000s, the IAIS was one cool railroad. It was a far cry from what it has become today. Back then, geeps and Alcos moved traffic across Iowa and Illinois for this small-time operation.... (more)

An extra South Amana switcher had the chore yesterday of pulling coal empties from the CIC at Cedar Rapids. They used the 513 and went light to Cedar Rapids from South Amana to pull them in the la... (more)

The Cedar Rapids to Silvis freight is pulling around the east leg of the wye at Yocum Connection. This job came out of Cedar Rapids with traffic from the CIC railroad, which is mainly made up of c... (more)

Weighed down with a unit ethanol train and extra DDG cars, this Council Bluffs freight lumbers into Newton. The job passed the beautiful ex-Rock Island Depot. The train has 2 GEs in a 1x1 DP setup... (more)

Wanna Race? An IAIS manifest heads back toward the Rock Island Yard alongside 5th Street.

With the days work done spotting cars at Beisser Lumber, IAIS 703 rests peacefully under a starlit sky near the end of the line at Grimes IA.

Outward Bound This IAIS local runs south through Moline with the Centennial Bridge and the Father of Rivers as a backdrop.

IAIS 719 passes the old Rock Island Station as switches out the Iowa Interstate Council Bluffs yard.

Snow is falling in downtown Denver, Colorado as the Iowa Interstate 'Hawkeye' Business Car IAIS 800342 passes the Colorado Rockies baseball stadium while it backs into Denver's Union Station.

With a boxcar of lumber sandwiched by a couple of centerbeams that are all destined for Beisser Lumber Company in Grimes, the local crosses Walnut Creek.

IAIS ES44AC 513, the Rock Island heritage unit, leads CBBI East through Davenport.

IAIS 702 and 513 snaking out of the Illinois River valley on an August morning with their train for Blue Island.

SIBI crossing over the diamond at Joliet UD where the Iowa / CSX cross the BNSF Chillicothe Sub and the UP/CN Joliet Sub.

Iowa Interstate's Rock Island heritage locomotive runs along side the former Rock Island Peoria passenger station which was opened in 1900 and served passengers until 1967. This is the former des... (more)

IAIS 152 leading a PESI into the setting sun.