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)
Iowa Interstate ES44AC 503 brings up the rear DPU of a late running CBBI as it rolls across US Route 6 and heads into Newton, Iowa, which is typically where this train would get its crew. A hotbox... (more)
After the excursion, 6988 was wyed in Newton here and backing up to be put away for the night, while the CBBI manifest waits for a crew to take the train east.
As a pop up thunderstorm passes to the east, Iowa Interstate 6988 has completed its first maintenance run between Kellogg and Newton as it pulls into the yard so the crew can make some adjustments... (more)
In preparation for a weekend excursion, volunteers fill the tender and make final adjustments to the QJ. The train will run on both Saturday and Sunday to support fire departments along Iowa Inter... (more)
Dressed in it's new livery, IAIS QJ 6988 goes for a blue flag test run on the house track at Newton. Gone is everything white to be replaced with IAIS yellow and "GEVO lightening bolts" on the ele... (more)