The Ft. Dodge to Waterloo daily local rolls across the Iowa River at Iowa Falls on this warm evening. This job did work at Judd, met its counterpart at Webster City, and is now on to Macy for more... (more)

The Waterloo to Ft. Dodge local found an unusual leader for the Saturday train. The 5456 is paired up with 2 SD70Ms off 337 to work west. Normally the 570/571 work with SD75s, but for some reason ... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Ft Dodge local is about to stop at Iowa Falls to do interchange work with the Union Pacific. This job is seen here passing both new and old depots near Rocksylvania Ave in Io... (more)

Light power kicking up some snow from the night before.

L-571 was held for several hours at Mills siding waiting for late running L-570 is now on way to Sioux City. Exisiting Light.

The South St. Paul, MN, to North Platte, NE, freight rolls out of Argon after meeting a coal train. The train passes the restored Mills Tower here at Iowa Falls. Mills Tower is now on the National... (more)

#51 crossing the CNW's Spine Line and Mills tower in Iowa Falls.

Plow is plowing and flanging so highrail's can get out and inspect the line.

There was a small era that CN had a few of these old CN GP9's running around on locals in Iowa. I didn't get this much but one of my chases did feature a trio of them on the Waterloo local towards... (more)

A westbound IC, what looks like an I-11 type train, slams across the UP Spineline in Iowa Falls. The train has just pasted the old Mills Tower that was open til 1993. The two-story tower was built... (more)

If the UP had been about a minute sooner, the shot would of worked alot better. Here the CN Local 571 works the UP interchange track as a northbound coal train crawls thru town and over the Iowa R... (more)

An Alden grain empty passes over the UP Mason City Sub (Spineline) and the Mills Tower at Iowa Falls. The train has 7 miles to it's destination where the crew will do power work only and then stag... (more)

Man these SD40's look great! A pair of them are on this Des Moines to Iowa Falls flipper local. The crew pulls the pickup out of the Purina track here on the south side of Iowa Falls. This job nor... (more)

Man these SD40's look great! A pair of them are on this Des Moines to Iowa Falls flipper local. The crew is done with their work at Argon, and now heads to Purina siding for their last pickup in I... (more)

An eastbound grain train is seen here crossing the Iowa River in Iowa Falls. The train is working between Fort Dodge and Waterloo on this fine morning, and is 50 miles from Waterloo. In 1998 IC wa... (more)