Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern 381 is heading into the car barn after a long day out on the line. In the background you can see the Midwest Electric's 6 1/2 percent grade leading up to the main... (more)

Rounding the bend near the sawmill on the MCRR loop, during a special NRHS trip to Old Threshers as part of the 2012 convention. This location is usually filled up by motor homes, campers, and l... (more)

No. 6 steams across the Midwest Central's small trestle with an NRHS Convention charter.

This is the face of steam railroading in the 21st Century! An imported Chinese steamer pulls a colorful consist across a former interurban bridge in central Iowa.

Fire department fundraiser trips were operated between West Liberty and Durant, Iowa on June 17. IAIS 2-10-2 6988 was on the east end, and GP38-2 711 was on the west end. Here's the final train ... (more)

UP Operation Lifesaver special operating between Manly and Mason City on the former Rock Island.

A crewman prepares B&SV 2-8-2 8419 for a day out on the line.

The Boone Time Machine... Charles City Western car No. 50 (built in 1915) passes the former Fort Dodge Line freight station in downtown Boone, Iowa. Electric traction was popular in Iowa up th... (more)

IAIS 504 leads a freight train at Oxford, Iowa on the former Rock Island main line.

BNSF 6362 rolls through a slow order in downtown Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

On June 19th, the NRHS ran a special train from Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Rock Island, Illinois and return as part of the 2012 NRHS convention. Between Homestead and Rock Island, steam power pulled t... (more)

The NRHS special is returning to Cedar Rapids after dropping the IAIS 2-10-2 at Homestead.

Surry, Sussex & Southampton 2-6-0 No. 6 was steamed up for an NRHS photo charter on Monday, June 19, 2012. Here it is steaming across the Midwest Central's small bridge (scheduled for removal) wi... (more)

Inside the cab of B&SV's Chinese 2-8-2, built by Datong in 1988.

No. 8419 performs a photo runby during a special NRHS convention charter.