Iowa Northern making its way cross town on UP Trackage rights then on CN on trackage rights as the old ROW is now under US 218.

BNSF & NS power on CN L571 split the signals just west of Waterloo, Iowa as they make their way out of the yard with a train of mixed freight.

Carman work on this wedge plow as M337 pulls into the yard at Waterloo. L563's crew will take this wedge plow with them to help plow the Cedar Rapids Sub. As 2019 rolls on, winter is finally stick... (more)

New crew is called just chilling.

After a motive power swap in Waterloo, CN U705 continues west with a single SD75I leading a train of empty ethanol tankers.

Locomotives:
CN 5761 SD75I

High Hood 9315 will get its prime mover removed soon as the 1428 moves it where they have a crane. When finished it will be red and rebuilt prime mover wiring and chopped nose and numbered CC 1742... (more)

The South Crew is running alittle late today on their northbound trip from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo. Once at Waterloo the crew switched out their train and then made a delivery to the UP yard at L... (more)

Iowa Northern's South Crew is just finishing up their day by yarding interchange traffic off the UP at Waterloo. This job made a Cedar Rapids turn overnight, and when they got back to Waterloo, ma... (more)

It was a busy afternoon at the Iowa Northern's Bryant Yard in Waterloo. The train on the left is the Waterloo Switcher who just got back from the CN with interchange. Job in the middle is the Sout... (more)

A goofy move that has gone on for years at Waterloo is the hand off of potash trains from the UP to the Iowa Northern. At UP's Linden Yard, the UP local crew will pull the train by the outbound p... (more)

I worked the Saturday morning switcher at Waterloo. Since we had to switch out traffic off 570 and 337 I suggested getting 2 units together to help the process since it was snowing. Everyone agree... (more)

On Monday's the 17:00-L568 Job normally goes over and does work on the John Deere Industrial lead in west-central Waterloo. The lead is about 2-3 miles long and serves 4 customers. The job goes to... (more)

Inbound and outbound power is a zoo of models today. SD20 SD24 still in Southern paint, ex GM&O GP30 to. Back when if you stayed out of the way they just waved.

Loads coming in for crew change.

On Monday's the 17:00-L568 Job normally goes over and does work on the John Deere Industrial lead in west-central Waterloo. The lead is about 2-3 miles long and serves 4 customers. The job goes to... (more)