Where else but Iowa can you frame a traction locomotive with corn still on the stalk! IATR 50 sits at the plant waiting for its call to duty when needed.
Doubleheader... The Iowa Traction uses two motors and two idler flatcars to switch Behr Recycling Center. The idler flats are required because there is no cantenary line inside the scrap yard.
Iowa Traction #50, a Baldwin-Westinghouse electric built in October of 1920 rests on the AGP soybean plant spur in Mason City, IA. It is Friday night and the motor will sit here until the call to ... (more)