The mid-day Waterloo to Butler job is about to hit the CN CTC main on the westside of Waterloo. This job normally operates from IANR Bryant Yard in Waterloo to the Butler Yard north of Shell Rock.... (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 Iowa Northern's Cedar Rapids to Waterloo job makes a later appearance in Vinton as they work back to Bryant Yard in Waterloo. The crew would have to go out on the Dysart Branch to spot and pul... (more)

IANR company special (school reunion) is arriving in Manly and will jump on UP for a few blocks to reach their own yard. Curious how CN will utilize these trackage rights, say, to access the Twin... (more)

A southbound Iowa Northern Railway freight, led by EMD GP38-2 No. 3800, rolls through Greene, Iowa, on May 21, 2014.

The Iowa Northern shutdown operations for a bit on Saturday so their employees could enjoy a company ride and lunch. The employee special ran from Waterloo to Vinton and back. Here the job pokes a... (more)

The Iowa Northern shutdown operations for a bit on Saturday so their employees could enjoy a company ride and lunch. The employee special ran from Waterloo to Vinton and back. Here the train rolls... (more)

I know some of you aren't fans of the slug version of the Iowa Northern, so here is a normal consist for you. The Butler Switcher has 49 car now for the Manly Sub as they leave the CN interchange ... (more)

I know some of you aren't fans of the slug version of the Iowa Northern, so here is a normal consist for you. The Butler Switcher has 49 car now for the Manly Sub as they leave the CN interchange ... (more)

The 1133rd Transportation Company out of Mason City loaded equipment bound for Corpus Christi, TX, at the Manly Logistic Park. This is the 1st time the IANR has done a military train. The 1133rd i... (more)

The 1133rd Transportation Company out of Mason City loaded equipment bound for Corpus Christi, TX, at the Manly Logistic Park. This is the 1st time the IANR has done a military train. The 1133rd i... (more)

With a pair of F40's sandwiching a GP38 and yard slug, the Iowa Northern's BBUWA rolls past a golden maple tree as it approaches the railroad's yard in Waterloo, Iowa. This train would have to pau... (more)

The Butler Job has begun the duties tonight to get all the business switched out here at Butler before heading to Waterloo. It is crazy all the business that keeps coming to this area between Clar... (more)

In somewhat odd circumstances today....the Iowa Northern helped out the CIC to plow open their Amana Line so the IAIS could get service back between Cedar Rapids and South Amana. With stories of d... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Jordan Spreader works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. Past Fairbank the trains haven't been over the line since the last wind storm so they will be opening it up. Tod... (more)