Iowa isn't flat
Coming from an area (NW Ohio) that is *really* flat, Iowa features a lot of gently rolling farm country and some real hills in places, especially along the Mississippi River. In this view Iowa Interstate's Rock Island heritage unit IAIS 513 leading BICR-30 is soaring above N Division Street in Davenport Iowa as it really starts to attack the climb up the hill you can see in the background. While the road runs straight up it, the railroad twists and turns its way northwest until it mounts the hills along the big muddy and strikes off across the gently rolling countryside to Iowa City, Des Moines and Omaha. 8/31/2024
Iowa isn't flat
Coming from an area (NW Ohio) that is *really* flat, Iowa features a lot of gently rolling farm country and some real hills in places, especially along the Mississippi River. In this view Iowa Interstate's Rock Island heritage unit IAIS 513 leading BICR-30 is soaring above N Division Street in Davenport Iowa as it really starts to attack the climb up the hill you can see in the background. While the road runs straight up it, the railroad twists and turns its way northwest until it mounts the hills along the big muddy and strikes off across the gently rolling countryside to Iowa City, Des Moines and Omaha. 8/31/2024