This list is for the discussion of prototype and modeling information on operating practices, equipment, and property of the Iowa Interstate Railroad. This also includes CSX's New Rock Subdivision from Utica to Blue Island, IL, over which IAIS has trackage rights.

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Photo: A photo contest was held in Jan 2008 where a number of list members entered IAIS photos for the group's members to vote on. The theme was "Detours and the IAIS". IAIS engineer Tom Frances pilots Soo 220/228 train over Arsenal Island on April 26, 1993, when Soo Line trains detoured over IAIS between Missouri Division Junction in Davenport, IA and Rock Island, IL during the Flood of 1993. Todd Pendleton Photo.