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IAIS 500
Title:  IAIS 500
Description:  Iowa Interstate 500 gets ready to set out some cars. This looks like branch line railroading.
Photo Date:  8/10/2012  Upload Date: 8/10/2012 11:30:53 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 500(ES44AC)
Views:  154   Comments: 2
IAIS 501
Title:  IAIS 501
Description:  501 pulls north on former CRI&P tracks
Photo Date:  2/25/2013  Upload Date: 2/26/2013 11:22:26 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 501(ES44AC)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
IAIS 501
Title:  IAIS 501
Description:  Iowa Interstate 501 shoves a cut of tubs up the old Rock Island connector.
Photo Date:  2/25/2013  Upload Date: 2/26/2013 11:17:58 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 501(ES44AC)
Views:  96   Comments: 1
IAIS 502
Title:  IAIS 502
Description:  Running as Z037, Iowa Interstate 502 and 510 creep down the old Rock Island connector.
Photo Date:  4/23/2016  Upload Date: 4/26/2016 10:26:15 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 502(ES44AC) IAIS 510(ES44AC)
Views:  121   Comments: 2
IAIS 507
Title:  IAIS 507
Description:  An Iowa Interstate mixer heads through Blue Island on the IHB. He'll pull north past the junction and then back down on former Rock Island tracks.
Photo Date:  8/19/2012  Upload Date: 8/19/2012 11:49:30 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 507(ES44AC) IAIS 504(ES44AC)
Views:  131   Comments: 2
IAIS 504
Title:  IAIS 504
Description:  IAIS leads a long mixer toward the Blue Island yard. We were all taught not to shoot into the sun, weren't we?
Photo Date:  5/10/2014  Upload Date: 5/10/2014 9:50:15 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 504(ES44AC)
Views:  61   Comments: 1
IAIS 505
Title:  IAIS 505
Description:  He'll pull up onto the IHB, then back down on the tracks in front of us into Blue Island yard.
Photo Date:  5/6/2015  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 9:46:28 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 505(ES44AC)
Views:  69   Comments: 1
IAIS 505
Title:  IAIS 505
Description:  An Iowa Interstate transfer waits on the old Rock Island connection for permission to move north on the Harbor.
Photo Date:  5/6/2015  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 9:46:59 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 505(ES44AC)
Views:  78   Comments: 3
IAIS 506
Title:  IAIS 506
Description:  Iowa Interstate 506 pulls north on the former Rock Island.
Photo Date:  6/4/2013  Upload Date: 6/5/2013 10:20:08 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 506(ES44AC)
Views:  166   Comments: 1
IAIS 516
Title:  IAIS 516
Description:  My first look at the new Iowa Interstate livery. Doesn't leave any doubt, does it?
Photo Date:  4/4/2015  Upload Date: 4/6/2015 2:49:23 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 516(ES44AC) IAIS 506(ES44AC)
Views:  454   Comments: 4
IAIS 512
Title:  IAIS 512
Description:  This Iowa Interstate pair will take a transfer from the Harbor Belt.
Photo Date:  4/18/2015  Upload Date: 4/22/2015 12:05:15 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 512(ES44AC) IAIS 506(ES44AC)
Views:  100   Comments: 2
IAIS 508
Title:  IAIS 508
Description:  A few minutes later he pulls down onto the Rock Island Connector. He'll pull through onto the Harbor, then back through the junction toward Blue Island Yard.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/7/2014 12:02:04 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 508(ES44AC)
Views:  85   Comments: 2
IAIS 510
Title:  IAIS 510
Description:  The first leg of the triangle is on the Harbor across the Cal-Sag Channel.
Photo Date:  8/20/2014  Upload Date: 8/20/2014 10:53:40 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 510(ES44AC) IAIS 513(ES44AC)
Views:  108   Comments: 2
IAIS 513
Title:  IAIS 513
Description:  At long last, Broadway is clear. His rear end is up on the high line by now.
Photo Date:  8/20/2014  Upload Date: 8/20/2014 10:58:33 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 513(ES44AC) IAIS 510(ES44AC)
Views:  102   Comments: 2
IAIS 513
Title:  IAIS 513
Description:  The third leg takes him into Blue Island Yard. It's been over two hours. He's gone maybe three miles.
Photo Date:  8/20/2014  Upload Date: 8/20/2014 10:59:05 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 513(ES44AC) IAIS 510(ES44AC)
Views:  104   Comments: 2
IAIS 5i3
Title:  IAIS 5i3
Description:  The Rock Island heritage unit leads a transfer run under the former Rock Island.
Photo Date:  8/20/2014  Upload Date: 8/20/2014 10:53:06 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 513(ES44AC) IAIS 510(ES44AC)
Views:  111   Comments: 3
IAIS 513
Title:  IAIS 513
Description:  Iowa Interstate's Rock Island heritage unit stopped by.
Photo Date:  4/22/2013  Upload Date: 4/28/2013 9:17:01 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Roster,Track
Locomotives:  IAIS 513(ES44AC)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
IAIS 513
Title:  IAIS 513
Description:  The Rock Island heritage unit rests out of the way.
Photo Date:  6/4/2013  Upload Date: 6/5/2013 10:19:23 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IAIS 513(ES44AC)
Views:  233   Comments: 3
IAIS 515
Title:  IAIS 515
Description:  Z024 pulls out of the Old Yard and heads north on the Harbor Belt. He'll end up crossing over himself on the ex-Rock Island.
Photo Date:  5/18/2017  Upload Date: 5/22/2017 9:00:58 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 515(ES44AC)
Views:  151   Comments: 3
IAIS 515
Title:  IAIS 515
Description:  Here's his head end shoving back.
Photo Date:  5/18/2017  Upload Date: 5/22/2017 9:01:45 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 515(ES44AC)
Views:  112   Comments: 1
IAIS 515
Title:  IAIS 515
Description:  Now he's ready to finish shoving back up onto the Rock. I assume they want him headed this way for 515's next assignment.
Photo Date:  5/18/2017  Upload Date: 5/22/2017 9:03:20 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 515(ES44AC)
Views:  109   Comments: 1
IAIS 515
Title:  IAIS 515
Description:  Nope. He's gone around the balloon track and come out facing the other way. The new guy is here to handle the switch for the turn-around move.
Photo Date:  5/18/2017  Upload Date: 5/22/2017 9:04:02 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 515(ES44AC)
Views:  107   Comments: 3
IAIS 515
Title:  IAIS 515
Description:  And here he is, an hour after he first came by us, on the third leg of the triangle and headed for Blue Island Yard. Somewhere back there, his conductor is still clinging to the last tank car.
Photo Date:  5/18/2017  Upload Date: 5/22/2017 9:36:39 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  IAIS 515(ES44AC)
Views:  133   Comments: 3


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