Fluidr / Moffat Road's "Iowa Interstate" set

A Canon EOS 7D — 1/800s ƒ/6.3 ISO 200 at 10 mm

N 54 B 8.9K C 7 E Apr 12, 2016 F Apr 22, 2016

G United States > Iowa > Pottawattamie > York Center >

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Iowa Interstate train BICB (Blue Island to Council Bluffs) cruises west between Hancock and McClelland, Iowa, as seen from 330th Street overpass at York Center on April 12, 2016. Leading the train is GE ES44AC No. 516 celebrating IAIS’s 30th Anniversary dressed in a colorful Rock Island-inspired paint scheme.

Tags: Iowa Interstate IAIS GE ES44AC 30th Anniversary special paint scheme No. 516 516 BICB Hancock McClelland York Center Iowa train railroad locomotive IA

Leaving Atlantic in its wake

A Canon EOS 7D — 1/1000s ƒ/8 ISO 250 at 87 mm

N 60 B 4.2K C 5 E Apr 12, 2016 F Apr 24, 2016

G United States > Iowa > Cass > Atlantic >

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Iowa Interstate CBBI (Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Blue Island, Illinois) freight leaves Atlantic, Iowa, in its wake and is about to duck under the Highway 6 overpass east of town on April 12, 2016.

Tags: Iowa Interstate IAIS CBBI freight train 511 GE ES44AC curve farmland Atlantic Iowa train railroad locomotive IA

IOWA

A Canon EOS 7D — 1/800s ƒ/8 ISO 200 at 17 mm

N 79 B 9.4K C 6 E Apr 12, 2016 F Nov 16, 2016

G United States > Iowa > Cass > Anita >

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Iowa Interstate train BICB (Blue Island, Illinois, to Council Bluffs, Iowa) is rolling through the siding meeting its counterpart CBBI at Anita, Iowa, on April 12, 2016. GE ES44AC No. 516 leading BICB is painted in a special Rock Island-inspired paint scheme celebrating IAIS’s 30th Anniversary.

Tags: Iowa Interstate IAIS meet trains meeting CBBI BICB Anita Iowa GE ES44AC 516 511 IA

Crossing Graybill Creek

A Canon EOS 7D — 1/800s ƒ/7.1 ISO 200 at 10 mm

N 94 B 5.3K C 12 E Apr 12, 2016 F Apr 14, 2019

G United States > Iowa > Pottawattamie >

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Iowa Interstate train BICB (Blue Island, Illinois, to Council Bluffs, Iowa) soars over Graybill Creek just east of Hillis between Atlantic and Hancock, Iowa, on April 12, 2016. Leading the train is GE ES44AC No. 516 celebrating IAIS’s 30th Anniversary dressed in a colorful Rock Island-inspired paint scheme.

Tags: Iowa Interstate IAIS GE ES44AC 516 BICB freight train bridge creek Hillis Iowa Atlantic Hancock railroad locomotive IA

Winter light at Duplainville

N 159 B 3.6K C 11 E Dec 7, 1996 F Nov 20, 2022

G United States > Wisconsin > Waukesha > Pewaukee > Duplainville

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At the end of a cold December 7, 1996, day, Wisconsin Central train 47 diverges onto the connection track at Duplainville, Wisconsin, for the trip back home to North Fond du Lac. Train Nos. 46 and 47 were a turn, operating from Shops Yard in N. Fond du Lac to Muskego Yard in Milwaukee and return. Today’s short train is led by WC’s only EMD FP45, No. 6652.

Tags: Wisconsin Central WC cowl FP45 6652 train 47 47 Duplainville Wisconsin winter WI EMD locomotive train railroad