Back in 1998 an empty grain train pulls out of the siding at West Scales Mound. The train is enroute to western Iowa for grain loading. The late 90's had lots of geeps and CN acquired properties p... (more)

Eastbound Ft. Dodge, IA, to Waterloo, IA, local is stopped waiting for another crew to take it into Waterloo.

An eastbound grain train out of Waterloo works over the hogbacks east of Raymond. These 4 GP38's are in for a workout the next 130 miles as they make their way east to Chicago.

An eastbound grain train is pounding the grade out of Hilltop as they pass thru Raymond, about 6 miles east of Waterloo. All 4 GP38's are all out to keep the tonnage moving. For many years geeps w... (more)

The IC had to use IC power on any run thru trains between Waterloo and Ft. Dodge due to cab signals. Here an IEI coal train works east out of Waterloo towards its destination of East Dubuque, IL, ... (more)

The IC and CN influence began to showup more and more in Iowa on the ex-Chicago Central trackage as GTW Geeps era started in the late 90's. Here a westbound freight train blast towards Waterloo wi... (more)

A westbound freight train drops downhill into Raymond and is getting close to Waterloo. The CN power is enroute to Waterloo for annual inspections. The Waterloo roundhouse use to do alot of inspec... (more)

The eastbound Seattle, WA, to Memphis,TN, intermodal train is back on a section of double track east of Hyannis. This was one of the few intermodal trains that transversed the coal route on its wa... (more)

A westbound empty coal train rolls thru the Sand Hills of western Nebraska enroute to Alliance, the next crew change. The train has just left the small town of Ashby behind them.

An eastbound stack train coast downhill east of Belle Plaine. Belle Plaine is located in central Iowa between Marshalltown and Cedar Rapids.

The end of the Chicago Northwestern was getting very close in 1994. Here UP influence has an eastbound freight train departing Clinton for points east towards Chicago. The Planters Peanut Elevator... (more)

An eastbound CN grain train is about to pass under interstate 35 in central Iowa. This is a Staley Grain Shuttle that was loaded in 2 elevators east of Ft. Dodge. The CN in 2006 was way short powe... (more)

The Chicago,IL, to Council Bluffs, IA, intermodel train is about to pass thru Benson Curve. I11 and I12 was put on for awhile to try to drum up intermodel business along the Iowa Division. The bus... (more)

The daily train to Chicago out of Waterloo roars east of Raymond as they climb the 1st hard pull along this roller coaster railroad between Waterloo and Dubuque. All black was how the IC and then ... (more)

The Waterloo-Cedar Rapids-Dubuque local has a short train today as they heads towards Manchester and then south to Cedar Rapids. This job then will heads back north out of Cedar Rapids and on to D... (more)