The Iowa Northern's North Crew does work in the Manly Terminal. This is the farthest north the Iowa Northern goes. The Manly Yard used to be a small little operation with an interchange point with... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Jordan Spreader is just out of the Waterloo city limits as they work north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. The drifts however were pretty minor for the middle of February u... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Jordan works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. Past Fairbank the trains haven't been over the line since the last wind storm. The drifts however were pretty minor for t... (more)

A southbound Iowa Northern Railway freight led by EMD GP38-2 No. 3800 meets IANR No. 461 at Greene, Iowa, on May 21, 2014. EMD F40M-2F No. 461 is a rebuilt Amtrak F40PH (former No. 266) that was a... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew swing around the curve as they drop down into the southside of Shell Rock. The job is a healthy 88 cars today mainly made up of CP empties bound for Nora Springs, IA... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Butler Facility is growing into quite a place north of Shell Rock. The ethanol plant was the 1st thing to come here around 2008, and now there are a few more places, and more b... (more)

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

Alittle heritage can still be found along the Iowa Northern's Oelwein Sub between Waterloo and Oelwein. This was the Chicago Great Western's mainline to Kansas City from Oelwein. The CGW once had ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Jordan works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. Past Fairbank the trains haven't been over the line since the last wind storm. The drifts were pretty minor for the middl... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Jordan Spreader is at the end of the line. They are a few miles north of Oelwein and stopped short of highway 3. North of here is just the elevator tracks for Viafield on this ... (more)

Only 10 minutes behind the CN local 571, the IANR's North Crew splits from the CN at Cedar Falls and head north on the Manly Sub next to a partly frozen Cedar River. The job is a healthy 88 cars t... (more)

With cold weather and snow, railroading is starting to slow down in the Midwest. That means trains are becoming later too. As is the case today with a late South Crew heading back to Waterloo. The... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew swing around the curve on the southside of Shell Rock. The job is a healthy 88 cars today mainly made up of CP empties bound for Nora Springs, IANR empties, and a fe... (more)

IANR 4001 brings a plow extra for the CIC through downtown Cedar Rapids having just entered CIC property. The plow is enroute to the Amana Line which has rumored locomotive high drifts between Wal... (more)

On the cold, snowy morning of Saturday, February 6, 2021, IANR 458 leads CRWA north at Edgewood Rd. along the Cedar River with a large cut of empty flat cars. Their track warrant is between Linn a... (more)