Iowa Northern's ex-Amtrak F40 along with the Hawkeye Express makes its annual pilgrimage to Coralville for the start of the University of Iowa Hawkeye 2011 football season. Its seen here entering ... (more)

Iowa Northern's F40 678 brings another load of Iowa Hawkeye fans on the Hawkeye Express to the steps of historic Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City for the Big Ten game between Iowa and Michigan State. ... (more)

Passengers wait patiently for the arrival of the Palo Express at Vinton. The train is arriving on its 3rd trip of the day. For $12 passengers could make a roundtrip ride from Palo to Vinton or vi... (more)

The Palo Express is on the 3rd trip of the day out of Palo as they past thru the small town of Shellsburg. Around 900 tickets were sold for each train and the 1st 2 trains I heard were sold out, t... (more)

The Palo Express rolls northbound at 30 mph about 5 miles south of Vinton on the 2nd northbound trip of the day. We are standing behind engineer for the day, Bill MaGee, Iowa Northern's assistant ... (more)

A worms eye view of IANR 678 and passengers boarding the Hawkeye Express before the Iowa-Northwestern Game.

After waiting around a hour for the steel gang to clear up at Walford, the Hawkeye Express rolls on south for Iowa City. This is old Milwaukee Road track that is being upgrade with new 115 pound s... (more)

The Iowa Northern Hawkeye Express rolls into Cedar Rapids as couple guys are about to put their boat in Cedar River. The train is entering UP's North Yard on the northside of Cedar Rapids. This tr... (more)

The first passengers are loaded on the Hawkeye Express for the 2009 season and the engineer gives 'er the throttle. This year, the Hawkeye Express is traveling on brand new 115 pound CWR.

Opening day of the 2009 Iowa football season! Hawk fans board the Hawkeye Express for the two mile shuttle ride to Kinick Stadium on a beautiful September morning.

The Hawkeye Express is stop at Walford waiting on a steel gang to clear up so they can continue to Iowa City. The Iowa Northern is running this train to the Iowa Interstate for the start of the fo... (more)

Iowa Northern's assistant GM Bill MaGee works on changing out the headlight bulb on the 678. This will be the 1st trip out of Vinton so they are working on the finally touches before heading south... (more)

The Palo Holiday Express is pulling back into Palo after making their 1st round trip to Vinton and back. Trainmaster Donny Rehlander is about to drop off to spot the train on the make shift platfo... (more)

Ex-Rock Island track, old Rock Island depot, and a F40 painted in Rock Island, makes for a small trip back to the days. The Rock never had this type of equipment, but still cool for a small time r... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Palo Express is rolling along south of Washburn with the deadhead move to Palo. The IANR is running flood relief trips tomorrow between Palo and Vinton to raise money to help w... (more)