The 1133rd Transportation Company out of Mason City loaded equipment bound for Corpus Christi, TX, at the Manly Logistic Park. This is the 1st time the IANR has done a military train. The 1133rd i... (more)

With a pair of F40's sandwiching a GP38 and yard slug, the Iowa Northern's BBUWA rolls past a golden maple tree as it approaches the railroad's yard in Waterloo, Iowa. This train would have to pau... (more)

The Butler Job has begun the duties tonight to get all the business switched out here at Butler before heading to Waterloo. It is crazy all the business that keeps coming to this area between Clar... (more)

In somewhat odd circumstances today....the Iowa Northern helped out the CIC to plow open their Amana Line so the IAIS could get service back between Cedar Rapids and South Amana. With stories of d... (more)

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)

Passenger extra to Manly.

The Iowa Northern's Butler to Waterloo freight rolls through neighborhoods on the north side of Waterloo, Iowa as it heads towards the railroad's yard on the south side of town. In the lead is one... (more)

Iowa Northern Railway: After the yard job cleared up in Bryant yard, the Olewein Job completed their air test, and heads out of town, about to round the curve and cross the Cedar River. I k... (more)

Iowa Northern Railway: This impressive lashup is actually the yard power for today. 7 units go about switching Bryant yard in Waterloo, IA, the railroads headquarters. There are 3 GP38AC's,... (more)

An extra South Crew (CRWA) enters Waterloo Iowa rolling into yard limits at Bryant with IANR 458 in the lead.

IANR 458 leads a rather late CRWA into Waterloo on a hot July Day. This is a rare move on the CR sub as most trains run in backlit, but this day an Xtra CRWA crew was called for 1317 to bring CRWA... (more)

A company special is crossing over from the ex-CRIP across the UP to IANR's yard in Manly.

A nice 4 pack of GP38's work at Bryant Yard. The bummer was they were on their way to the shop for the day, but man the 3808 looks nice and clean! The IANR has retrofitted some of these 38's with ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew pulls out of the Manly Terminal southbound. The crew has to get permission and throw 2 electric locked switches.to enter the UP Albert Lea Sub Main for the short bl... (more)