CN finally found some people and power today to run an extra plow job out of Waterloo. The crew is working drifts on the Dubuque Sub to Manchester and the Cedar Rapids Sub to Cedar Rapids. The dri... (more)
The Roadmaster told the crew there was a "big one" at MP 6. I have been running back and forth between Waterloo and Dubuque and haven't seen hardly anything, so I was alittle skeptical h... (more)
The summer time offers more light to chase the Manchester Turn out of Cedar Rapids, on duty 17:00 during the week. While traffic has really hit the dumps with the virus stuff going on, the Cedar R... (more)
The CN uses the ex-Oakways around Iowa in mainly local service. Getting a pair of them in grain train service is a bit odd. Once in awhile one might be added as a "kicker" for extra powe... (more)
The Cedar Rapids local normally works Monday thru Saturday, but today, on Sunday, they ran an extra to stay current. The past 2 weeks the local has been working with the CN 5377 and CN 5386. On th... (more)
The Cedar Rapids local works north near MP 6. This local does Manchester Turns out of Cedar Rapids Monday thru Saturday. Many days the job makes connection with the L565 local out of Dubuque at Ma... (more)
The Manchester Turn out of Cedar Rapids crawls upgrade at MP 6 with 25 loads for Cedar Rapids. On Sunday the normal job if off, so sometimes an extra is called to keep traffic moving, as was done ... (more)
