Is This Heaven?: It's another day in Mason City, Iowa, as Iowa Traction No. 54 gets to work at the AGP Mill. In 2010 the sight of an 80 year old electric kicking cars could remind someone of the o... (more)

Milwaukee EMD SDL39's 587 and 584 are at Mason City, Iowa, in 1986. The pair now work for Chile's FEPASA as their 2343 and 2347 respectively.

IATR 54 wheels across 19th street with 3 loaded cars for the ICE. Amazing to see in this day and age this turn of the 20th century technology.

IATR 54 is dwarfed by both the AGP plant and its hopper cars in Mason City, IA. Such a neat little operation and friendly employees, hope this continues for another 100 years.

I hate Mondays, that day was an exception.

Pulling out of Emery and starting it's run to Mason City

Once a year they get Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee car 272 out for the Iowa Chapter of the NRHS. So one run and it locked inside.

One of Iowa Tractions locos parked, awaiting it's next job.

IATR 60 heads out of the mill with two loads for interchange with the ICE. There was another steeplecab on the main that would then shove empties back into the mill. All in all, a really cool litt... (more)

Pulling hard up a hill, snow, curves, and a old M&StL crossing and 75 cars of grain in to there yard.

Ready to go, A lot of snow for them, Now thats something i would like to see.

Ready to go

The Mason City local has just come off the Owatonna Sub and is now on the Mason City sub as they pull into Mason City. Due to no wye at Mason City this train will have to be run around before it h... (more)

The sun is still low in the sky on a cool Friday morning, but the employees of the Iowa Traction are already hard at work. One crew member will drive the company truck, while the other will take I... (more)

The showers gave up and the sun came out just as ICE 6412 was rolling into the yard.