Half of the Iowa Traction fleet sits silent at the UP interchange waiting for Monday - 54 in front and 50 behind...
The original widecab? Two of Iowa Traction's vintage electrics rest in Mason City.
Iowa Traction No. 51 was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in May of 1921 as Northeastern Oklahoma Railway No. 2. It was purchased in 1940 by the Crandic and became their No. 57, then was sold to the... (more)
Iowa Traction No. 50 is dwarfed by the ICE gondola it is coupled to at Emery.
Iowa Traction No. 50, a steeplecab electric built in 1920, rolls downgrade towards Clear Lake after finishing its work at AGP.
The motorman changes the poles on IATR No. 50 while switching cars at Butler Siding near Clear Lake Junction.
Iowa Traction 54 with a short 8 car train near Clear Lake Junction. No. 54 was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in May 1923 as Southern Iowa Railway 400. When that road took down its wires in 1967,... (more)
Iowa Traction 50 was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in October 1920 for the Washington & Old Dominion. This antique is still used to move freight cars.
Talk about a generation gap - IATR 50 sits as a UP train eases over the crossing in the background. Built in 1920, the old electric unit is 70 years older than the UP power behind it yet still ea... (more)
