With only 9 IMRL days left, the 613 sits outside the Mason City roundhouse after some work was done. This unit lasted a few years in the ICE days, but was retired and sold in 2005. The 613/614 sti... (more)

A 21:00 extra crew is about to hop on this power and go get a Mason City, IA to Kansas City, MO extra together to detour over the UP around 2am. Due to the 6 axle restrictions on the transfer trac... (more)

A St Paul, MN to Kansas City, MO freight train begins the trip down the UP Spineline towards KC. This train is a F-Mason City, IA to Polo, MO detour train on the UP. The IC&E just dropped this tra... (more)

Iowa Traction #50, a Baldwin-Westinghouse electric built in October of 1920 rests on the AGP soybean plant spur in Mason City, IA. It is Friday night and the motor will sit here until the call to ... (more)

The extra switch engine at Mason City is shoving a Mason City to Marquette manifest train out west of town to park for a crew later in the day. This train was the inbound LMC-2 out of Spencer last... (more)

54 takes several gons from Emery to the UP interchange.

The Iowa Traction line crosses the UP mainline on a diamond, however, the line is no longer used beyond the interchange.

A Mason City, IA to Kansas City, MO feeder train is parked at King Carl's crossing east of Mason City waiting for a 21:15 outbound crew to jump on. The outbound crew will take the train to Marquet... (more)

An ethanol empty is tied down on the new siding at Flint on the south side of town.

East bound Milwaukee Road freight approaching Mason City, IA.

MILW 2044, MILW SD10 559 and MILW SD40-2 159 work at the west end of the MILW yard in Mason City before continuing west. Heavy snow and high winds hit the northern Iowa area the day before. Crews ... (more)