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For you HO scale modellers, Intermountain has announced their first run of HO scale GP10 locomotives… and in the mix are four IAIS road numbers. They’ll be doing the frog-eyed variants first, with IAIS 401, 413, 451, and 484 in the phase III paint scheme. The whole announcement can be found [here]. Reservations are due…

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, March 30, 2012 – Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd. (IAIS) today announced the promotion of Dennis H. Miller from President & CEO to Vice Chairman of the Board, effective March 31. Miller, who has been President since 2002, joined the company in 1985 and previously served as Vice President of Information Systems, Customer…

The Iowa Interstate Railroad and Patriot Renewable Fuels, Inc will be participating in Geneseo’s Annual Planes, Trains & Automobiles event on Saturday, September 10, 2011. New and exciting for this year will be the addition of 3 train rides pulled behind a 2-10-2 coal fired steam locomotive. The train will travel from Geneseo to Annawan…

Iowa Interstate Railroad Increases 2011 Capital Expenditures for Infrastructure to Highest-Ever as Result of Tax Credit Program CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, January 28, 2011 – Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) today announced a $4.5 million increase in the infrastructure portion of its capital spending program for 2011. The Company expects to invest a total of approximately $35…

Press Release from IAIS dated Dec 16, 2010: Cedar Rapids, Iowa-The Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd. (IAIS) will begin construction of a new locomotive servicing facility next spring. The building will be located just west of Homestead, Ia on 62 acres of land. President & CEO Dennis H. Miller commented: “Due to our purchase of larger…

Bob Sabbe spotted IAIS 721 being interchanged to the IC&E at Nahant Yard in Davenport his morning. Word from Erik Rasmussen via the IAIS List is that it will be going to Albia to be converted to a slug mother. It will then be mated with a slug built from IAIS 481, likely to be…

Welcome to the new www.iaisrailfans.org! It’s really largely the same as the last one – most of the upgrades were on the backend, allowing the site to actually be worked on by multiple people, rather than just by Michael and myself. As you may have noticed from the lack of updates over the last couple…

The City of Rock Island now has the times and online ticket sales available for the October QJ charity trips. The schedule can be found [here], and tickets can be purchased from [this link]. – NDH

IAIS 510 has emerged in black, red, and gold from Mid America Car in Kansas City, MO. So far, it’s deep within their yard, but the first few clear pictures have emerged. Dan Schueth has allowed me to repost his shot of 510 here, so for everyone curious about what IAIS’s new power is going…

The first five of Iowa Interstate’s dozen new ES44ACs have left GE’s locomotive factory in Erie, PA. IAIS 502, 503, 504, 508,and 510 left Erie via Norfolk Southern on the morning of Friday, 15-Aug-2008. They’re on NS 145, and if I understand this train correctly, it’s a manifest for Hannibal, MO. For those looking for…