along the former Rock Island main line operated by IAIS. P H O T O B Y D A N I E L F R E D R I C K S O N STEAM AND PRESERVATION J U

the ground to set brakes, Jason Klocke watches IAIS 250 uncouple from five ballast cars at Consumers Aggregate

include SASE. Prices subject to change. ABOVE: IAIS 250 crosses the Rock River with a mechanical reefer, centerbeam

Switching in Milan ABOVE: IAIS SW1200 250 stops briefly at the Milan depot in Milan, Ill...an IAIS maintenance truck is on its way down the Milan runaround

that it ers. Four to five times per year, IAIS conducts is today. first responder training, which will...IAIS Chairman II Henry Posner feature a hazmat training tank car that the rail- commented, "We have earned the respect road...in 2025. Annually, IAIS hosts of the rail community primarily due to our RAILROAD

30 of 320 bridges have since been replaced. IAIS received a 2024 a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA

Trackage rights were finalized with CSX In 2006, IAIS began an initiative to upgrade the wind energy industry...Transportation and Metra, and IAIS moved its franchise. It leased 32 miles of track from To support...its customers, IAIS relies on a its first train to Chicago on April 29, 1985. CSXT

repair and storage, and engineering design support. IAIS - Connecting lowa and Illinois to the world. IOWA AISrena

ShortLine, Regional of the Year RER, IAIS Take Top Honors DEPARTMENTS 2[) Hopper Cars High Expectations

a yet-unbuilt connection with Iowa Inter- state (IAIS) that would host the train over its former Rock Island main...in the design phase with Illinois DOT and IAIS, and was also awarded a Corridor Identification and Development

and Kansas City Southern before it came to IAIS in 2007. Often found with Hawkeye is car 101 Abraham Lincoln...it Kansas City in 2001 be- fore it was sold to IAIS in 2008. Genesee Valley Transportation What started with

retain their Southern Belle inspired paint on IAIS. erik rassmussen photo 42 FE B RUARY 20 25 * RAILFAN.COM

families including train rides. On October 5, IAIS operated an employee special consisting of three ex-Pennsylvania...Railroad P70 coaches bracketed by IAIS ES44ACs 506 and 519. It operated from the former Rock Island...now operated by Metra. Formed in 1984, IAIS operates more than 580 miles of former Rock Island main

fields of Eastern Iowa. Arriving in Hills, IAIS 712 runs around its train at the massive Eldon C. Stutsman

From 2012 to 2016, the prototype Iowa Interstate (IAIS) leased and operated eight miles of railroad owned by the...to reach and service the isolated Hills Line. IAIS provided service using a crew based at IAIS's nearby Iowa City Yard. Due to the railroad's superior prox...a 12'-6" by 22'-2" room and models portions of the IAIS Hills Industrial Spur as it was in the summer of 2012. The

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scheme is a heritage unit on Iowa Interstate [IAIS 513]," he said. Also to be painted in the classic RI paint scheme

Railroad to serve our customers' needs," IAIS Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer

7/66 2075 2076 2077 to GB&W 323 12/79 to IAIS 850 1995 to LNAC 850 Scrapped 12/79 to D&H 401 1/80 - re# 420

as PRSL 2000 to CR 7660 to NLG 46 to MLRC 46 to IAIS 600 Rainier Rail 5082, 5119 used between Tacoma, Wash., and