At the engine facility in Iowa City, IA, Iowa Interstate ES44AC #502 sits next to the sanding tower, awaiting its next assignment on a very cold and blustery morning of January 28, 2010.
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)
IAIS 601 rolls through town at track speed, throttled all the way up, and layin on the horn. Good stuff.
CBBI smokes it up as they bring their train to a stop. There is a sand and gravel company that IAIS switches out every other day or so. Today they have 7 cars to pick up and 3 to set out.
IAIS 601, 413, 468, 401, 495, and NREX 3887 bring this manifest into Chicagoland.