The Iowa Interstate Railroad is a Class II regional railroad operating in the central United States. The railroad is owned by Railroad Development Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Iowa City Depot, once part of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, now on IAIS line.
Two trains meet near Altoona, Iowa. At left, train 707 is led by an EMD GP38-2. At right, train 710 is also led by a GP38-2.
Slug #651 coupled to GP38-2 #721
IAIS #708 crossing the Government Bridge at the Mississippi River, southbound from Davenport, Iowa into Rock Island, Illinois
The original Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was an American Class I railroad. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.
Iowa Interstate Railroad
…States. The railroad is owned by Railroad Development Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The railroad was formed on November 2, 1984, using former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad tracks between Chicago, Illinois, and Omaha, Nebraska, four years after the Rock Island folded. It was in partnership with real estate firm Heartland…
Rock Island locomotive #627, circa 1910
Fractional Share of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, issued June 30, 1898
The former Rock Island Depot at Chillicothe, Illinois, now a railroad museum