The 4100 is in charge of the passenger special from Oelwein back to Waterloo. The unit would be cut off at Linden Ave once the train headed back northbound for the overnight stop at Cedar Falls. H... (more)

The Iowa Railroad is about to Ackley with loads for the CN. This small-time operation works between Clives and Ackley on this old ex-M&St.L railroad. The job works mornings coming north with loads... (more)

I get the trains back in the 90s weren't the 700 car monsters they are today, but crazy that they would throw 2 SD38's on at Galesburg and run a decent size train it to Northtown with no issues. T... (more)

One of the hottest trains on the Aurora Sub is this Chicago to St. Paul afternoon Z-train. This train has been called "Precious" by many dispatchers over the years. Here, high priority ... (more)

The purchased 90 ex-Oakways from GMTX in 2012. The units went thru an extensive standardization at the CN shops at Centralia. Unit received many extra and newer parts and also got a fresh paint in... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for Newton, IL, crosses the Illinois River at Beardstown. The train is working westbound (south) on the Beardstown line towards Centralia. There, the train will be interc... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for Newton, IL, passes some old elevators at Hagener. The train is working westbound (south) on the Beardstown line towards Centralia. There, the train will be interchang... (more)

At Jacksonville, there is this cool depot was built by the Chicago and Alton back in the days. Jacksonville was on the C&A's old Kansas City to Chicago mainline. The C&A's tracks went to the east ... (more)

The daily Sioux City to Ft. Dodge local is working east pretty late today. Yesterday's L568 out of Sioux City was delayed by the UP on the joint trackage. Once released, they did no work and highb... (more)

A somewhat rare event, a pair of SD60's lead the daily Kirk Yard to Waterloo manifest west on the Dubuque Sub. The train had many issues with the ice storm that hit overnight and extra power was b... (more)

The CN ran their executive train out to Waterloo on March 28th. Along for the ride was a group from the IANR team seeing the sites. The train made awesome time as it traveled from Markham to Water... (more)

Our 2nd storm of the season started getting going Friday morning. y the time it ended Saturday night, most of Iowa is in pretty bad shape. It was an impressive storm with a decent amount of wind a... (more)

Our 2nd storm of the season started getting going Friday morning. By the time it ended Saturday night, most of Iowa is in pretty bad shape. It was an impressive storm with a decent amount of wind ... (more)

Loaded taconite train crosses the Wisconsin Southern at Crawford, south of Prairie du Chien. These SD60Ms were common thru the 90s on these heavy trains bound for Granite City. Scanned slide from ... (more)

A Conrail unit helps out of BN SD40 as they hustle down the Aurora Sub south of Lynxville. Scanned negative from October 1992.