An oddball set of power trundles through the Iowa Countryside. Locals have no idea how much this railroad provided a competitive advantage to agricultural shippers... and by proxy, their own crop... (more)

The IANR had to use the normal 20:00 Butler crew to run the Oelwein Job the night before. The normal Oelwein Crew had to do some plowing. That now means the 8am Butler crew had to come to the CN o... (more)

The boys and I gave chase to the Iowa Northern's North Crew out of Bryant as they headed for points north. We had fun waiting along the Cedar River playing and hanging out. Here the boys give the ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North crew is heading out of Waterloo bound for the Manly Sub with 42 empty covered hoppers and 27 miscellaneous freight. Here the job works over the CN North Industrial Lead f... (more)

The Iowa Northern has done alot of expanding at their Butler Yard. When I was chasing the North Crew I surprised how much trackage and business has gone in on the westside to the right. Butler Yar... (more)

One thing about Midwest winter's is things get screwed up and late. As is the case today as Caleb and I braved the cold weather to chase the South Crew back towards Waterloo. This is normally an o... (more)

The Sunday Waterloo Switcher had a slow day so they headed out to Vinton with 2 cars to spot on the branch. The crew is a couple miles south of Bryant Yard as they pass this old ex-Rock Island ABS... (more)

The IANR South Crew was alittle late a couple days when the weather got cold back in January. Here the job works back north towards Waterloo. The train is between La Porte City and Mt Auburn. Seei... (more)

One thing about Midwest winter's is things get screwed up and late. As is the case today as Caleb and I braved the cold weather to chase the South Crew back towards Waterloo. This is normally an o... (more)

One thing about Midwest winter's is things get screwed up and late. As is the case today as Caleb and I braved the cold weather to chase the South Crew back towards Waterloo. This is normally an o... (more)

Iowa Northern is running unit ethanol trains to the Iowa Interstate in Cedar Rapids, traffic that was once going to the Canadian National at Waterloo. That means extra trains are now running south... (more)

The Iowa Northern has been getting extra traffic on the south end of their railroad this year. Here an ethanol train heads south for interchange with the Iowa Interstate at Cedar Rapids. The train... (more)