Iowa Interstate bound for Blue Island ducks under the Hwy 89 underpass at Spring Valley on the former Rock Island mainline.
ex ICG 8243
A few hours before 2005 would be rung in, the east train begins to switch the east end of Rock Island yard.
IAIS 402 leads 602, 403, and LLPX 2039 in Chessie attire.
CBBI pulls to a stops at Rockdale to change crews, this makes for a great photo with the Rock Island signal bridge in the Background.
Iowa Interstate Rock Island turn arrives westbound at Iowa City. Photo taken from the Dodge Street bridge, near the IAIS offices.
Extra grain train to Newton
IAIS Westbound freight train at Joliet, IL.