Ex CCP ICG 101403 (Jordan Spreader) and CN 2845 approach the 275th St. Grade crossing, where they will briefly stop to grab some lunch before continuing down the line.

CN 2845 pushes ex CCP ICG 101403 (Jordan Spreader) through drifts from Manchester, IA to Cedar Rapids, IA on the CN CR line. This photo (taken south of Manchester, IA) shows the crew “flanging” sn... (more)

The CN ran their Jordan Spreader from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday 2/16. The crew flanged and push drifts back as they went. The drifting wasn't terrible, but it was time to push some of th... (more)

On February 16th the CN ran a plow extra out of Waterloo to push back the drifts that have occurred from the snowy and windy first few weeks of February. Here the plow extra crosses a rural crossi... (more)

NS 1066 (NYC heritage) leads a golden hour westbound through Manchester, IA, on the Dubuque subdivision.

CN 5618 leads L567 to Manchester, Iowa. This photo was taken next to the HWY 20 overpass, just after sunset.

CNs Track Geometry RDC heads down the Cedar Rapids Sub just south of Manchester Iowa. The trip down to Cedar Rapids is a deadhead move and when they get to CR the crew will flip ends and inspect t... (more)

Heat from the dynamics pour out of this consist as the engineer on 338 has the dynamics in full as they slow down for a temp slow order in downtown Manchester. The train is also dropping down a .8... (more)

L567 pulls the the horses back as they slow up for Manchester. This job works at 17:00 Monday thru Friday out of Cedar Rapids and makes a Manchester Turn. During the summer days, that make this a ... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard freight train glides down grade into Manchester, hot on the heels of a G898. In somewhat odd move, the CN is shipping power back to Chicago today on this train. Iow... (more)

A loaded grain train out of Ida Grove, IA, blast thru the small town of Manchester in central Iowa. The train is on the Waterloo to Dubuque leg of the trip and is bound for unloaded at Reserve, LA... (more)

The Manchester Turn local out of Dubuque is seen here swapping trains at Manchester. This job works daily to take traffic out of Dubuque and trade trains with L563 coming out of Cedar Rapids. The ... (more)

A loaded ethanol train out of Arthur, IA, pulls the north siding at Manchester to meet a G889. The Go-Rail SD60 came out of Chicago on M337 and is now on an Arthur load back to the NS at Fordham Y... (more)

The daily Dubuque to Manchester and back local is seen here crossing the Maquoketa River as they depart Manchester heading back east to Dubuque. 565 and 563 swap cars here at Manchester which gets... (more)

The Cedar Rapids local power is parked on a side track at Manchester. There was 2 sets of power in Cedar Rapids due to a grain train, so this power got left for another day. Alot of SD60's roam th... (more)