The Iowa Northern's Butler to Waterloo freight rolls through neighborhoods on the north side of Waterloo, Iowa as it heads towards the railroad's yard on the south side of town. In the lead is one... (more)

Iowa Northern Railway: After the yard job cleared up in Bryant yard, the Olewein Job completed their air test, and heads out of town, about to round the curve and cross the Cedar River. I k... (more)

Iowa Northern Railway: This impressive lashup is actually the yard power for today. 7 units go about switching Bryant yard in Waterloo, IA, the railroads headquarters. There are 3 GP38AC's,... (more)

An extra South Crew (CRWA) enters Waterloo Iowa rolling into yard limits at Bryant with IANR 458 in the lead.

IANR 458 leads a rather late CRWA into Waterloo on a hot July Day. This is a rare move on the CR sub as most trains run in backlit, but this day an Xtra CRWA crew was called for 1317 to bring CRWA... (more)

A company special is crossing over from the ex-CRIP across the UP to IANR's yard in Manly.

A nice 4 pack of GP38's work at Bryant Yard. The bummer was they were on their way to the shop for the day, but man the 3808 looks nice and clean! The IANR has retrofitted some of these 38's with ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew pulls out of the Manly Terminal southbound. The crew has to get permission and throw 2 electric locked switches.to enter the UP Albert Lea Sub Main for the short bl... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew does work in the Manly Terminal. This is the farthest north the Iowa Northern goes. The Manly Yard used to be a small little operation with an interchange point with... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Jordan Spreader is just out of the Waterloo city limits as they work north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. The drifts however were pretty minor for the middle of February u... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Jordan works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. Past Fairbank the trains haven't been over the line since the last wind storm. The drifts however were pretty minor for t... (more)

A southbound Iowa Northern Railway freight led by EMD GP38-2 No. 3800 meets IANR No. 461 at Greene, Iowa, on May 21, 2014. EMD F40M-2F No. 461 is a rebuilt Amtrak F40PH (former No. 266) that was a... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew swing around the curve as they drop down into the southside of Shell Rock. The job is a healthy 88 cars today mainly made up of CP empties bound for Nora Springs, IA... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Butler Facility is growing into quite a place north of Shell Rock. The ethanol plant was the 1st thing to come here around 2008, and now there are a few more places, and more b... (more)

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