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Iowa Interstate steam
Posted by phkmn2000 on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 3:05 PM

Are the 2 Chinese steam units owned by IIR kept "live"?  Or only fired up for excursion purposes?  I'd like to see one in action.

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Posted by Firelock76 on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 6:28 PM

As far as I know they're only fired up for excursions or "photo-op" publicity purposes.

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Posted by dknelson on Friday, October 16, 2015 1:53 PM

Iowa Interstate no longer owns or maintains the QJs. They turned the engines over to a non profit group a couple of years ago.  Central States Steam.  I do not believe they have run since but presumably the IAIS remains steam friendly.

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Posted by Firelock76 on Friday, October 16, 2015 5:34 PM

Thanks for the info, I was wondering why there hadn't been much mention of them lately.

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Posted by nickelplaterick on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 9:28 AM

My understanding is the Ft. Wayne group is planning a trip west next year(maybe) if they get near Rock Island/Davenport then the QJ's may come out. Again I understand that the QJ's are stored serviceable in Newton, IA inside a warehouse.

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