Two years ago today (June 12th), the swollen Cedar River took down CRANDIC's downtown bridge and several of their hopper cars. Here, ten days later, the river is still high, and the damage is mor... (more)

The well-publicized CRANDIC bridge collapse ... this, despite the railroad's best efforts to anchor it with freight cars. Most other area bridges survived (except IANR’s Waterloo Bridge) ... al... (more)

Surreal and gut-wrenching ... almost like it stopped mid-collapse. I have no idea what kept this car from plunging, unless it was still coupled to the car below.

CRANDIC's downtown bridge over the Cedar River ... what a mess this will be to replace, if they even try. However, hope springs. The entire downtown area was abuzz with people cleaning up today.... (more)