Thought I’d pass this along. I heard on the news wire about a week ago that the Iowa Interstate QJ locomotive #7081 is going to pull special passenger trains on July 24th and 25th. Official word is now on the IAIS website www.iaisrr.com. Click on the top news story “Steam Train Rides July 24th and 25th, 2010” for a schedule. There are two rides on July 24th from Earlham, IA and three round trips from Atlantic and Anita, IA on the 25th. I think I’ll head up to the Atlantic/Anita area on the 25th and see if I can get some good shots of the train. Throughout the day, there’ll be (at least) six pass-bys! As far as I know this is the first time a QJ has been out since the flood relief trains in 2008.