The North Crew rolls slowly towards Waterloo with a potash train and regular freight all in one big train. Normally the potash trains come off the UP at Manly with the UP power running thru, and t... (more)

The North Crew rolls slowly towards Waterloo with a potash train and regular freight all in one big train. Normally the potash trains come off the UP at Manly with the UP power running thru, and t... (more)

The boys and I gave chase to the Iowa Northern's North Crew out of Bryant as they headed for points north. We had fun waiting along the Cedar River playing and hanging out. Here the boys give the ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North crew is heading out of Waterloo bound for the Manly Sub with 42 empty covered hoppers and 27 miscellaneous freight. Here the job works over the CN North Industrial Lead f... (more)

The Iowa Northern has done alot of expanding at their Butler Yard. When I was chasing the North Crew I surprised how much trackage and business has gone in on the westside to the right. Butler Yar... (more)

Most times, winter railroading isn't much fun from the railroader side. The weather conditions can make life 10 times harder than it has to be. Here the North Crew heads out to clean the dusting o... (more)

Nice match set of 7 GP38's bring the North Crew into Waterloo on a snowy Saturday morning. The train is about to Bryant Yard where they will setout heir train and built a train to head north towar... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew makes its way north towards Manly. The crew left Bryant Yard about 3 hours ago and hasn't done well to get across the CN trackage between Linden Ave and Cedar Falls ... (more)

The Iowa Northern has a roster with alittle bit of everything on it. Lots of times seeing large consists of the same power isn't too common. It has been a long time since I seen a large set of pur... (more)

In the late 90's the Iowa Northern became power short. They borrowed alot of power from different sources. One source was a couple of IMRL GP9's. Here the North Crew does work at Shell Rock with t... (more)

When the Iron Road Railway (IRR) took over the Iowa Northern in 1994, some of their power also came to the property. These units for sister companies BAR and CDAC were rebuilt at National Railway ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew is just pulling into Manly. Manly is the end of the line on the north end of the railroad. The crew will interchange cars with the Union Pacific before heading back ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew is working towards Manly with a Union Pacific potash train out of Waterloo. The train is seen here between Cedar Falls and Shell Rock on a snowy February day. When t... (more)

When the Iron Road Railway (IRR) took over the Iowa Northern in 1994, some of their power also came to the property. These units for sister companies BAR and CDAC were rebuilt at National Railway ... (more)

In 2009 a tough winter caused IANR to get stuck south of Nora Springs that took couple days to dig out from. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=268687&nseq=5 Well the strong winds ove... (more)