The Iowa Northern's Jordan Spreader works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. Past Fairbank the trains haven't been over the line since the last wind storm so they will be opening it up. Tod... (more)
The Iowa Northern's Jordan works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein back in early 2021. Past Fairbank there hadn't been any trains for a few days, but in the end the drifts were pretty minor... (more)
The Iowa Northern went out for the 3rd time this week with their new Jordan Spreader. The 1st 2 times they did the Manly Sub around Nora Springs. Today's agenda was the Oelwein Sub from Dewar to O... (more)
The Iowa Northern's Oelwein job went to work at noon today at Waterloo, and only made a Fairbank turn. The job creeps back to Waterloo with cars from the Fairbank ethanol plant, seen here about to... (more)
The Iowa Northern's Oelwein job is heading south towards Waterloo with an ethanol train for the Canadian National at Waterloo, IA. Here they pull at 10 mph thru the sag a few miles south of Fairb... (more)
With 26 DDG cars and 10 ethanol cars out of Fairbank, the Oelwein Job is heading back south now. This job will stop at Dunkerton and pickup 25 loads of grain before heading into Waterloo. With all... (more)
The Oelwein Job heads back to Waterloo with 8 cars out of the ethanol plant at Fairbanks. The signs around the train tell a tale of history. The 341 sign on the pole to the right is an old CNW mil... (more)