Having no way to get to there yard, The north job is setting out its cars for the Oelwein Job and UP cars.

With the Flood of 08 over HOPE! and the water down to a point you can see what happened. The 2 pier was under cut by the water and the flood just pushed it in to the hole, and pulled the the span... (more)

The Oelwein Job has just setout their UP traffic at the north end of Linden Yard (also called Highland Yard) in Waterloo. Once a mainline between Oelwein, IA and Kansas City, MO, this 90 pound rai... (more)

The Oelwein Job has cutoff from their train to go into the yard at Linden to pickup the UP overhead traffic. UP has a switch job based in Waterloo that services customers in Waterloo's Northeast S... (more)

This shot is less than a mile away from the house where I grew up watching Iowa Northern trains go by since 1982. I finally got a shot of these old signals that have been watching the same trains ... (more)

An empty ethanol train from Chicago, IL to Tara, IA is couple miles outside of Waterloo as they roll past Hilltop. The head 37 cars of manifest on this train that will setout at Waterloo to be swi... (more)

The Olewein Job picks up cars delivered by the CN.

The IANR south job returns to their yard after interchanging cars with the UP.

CN's 338 is out and running on its way to Chicago , Passing a coal train bound for IEI in East Dubuque,IL

I wish i had shot the SP more

The North Crew has just clear CN's North Industrial lead at West Waterloo and is in the process of getting these ponies up to 50 mph for the 6 miles trip over the CN to Cedar Falls Jct, where the ... (more)

The Oelwein Job is northbound as they pass thru Armour on the east side of Waterloo. The station sign dates back to the Chicago Great Western days. This track is still owned by the UP between Wate... (more)

The Iowa Northern waits at West Waterloo while a BNSF empty grain shuttle blast out of Waterloo on the way west towards Ida Grove, IA. The IANR has trackage rights over the CN from Linden Ave to C... (more)

Making up there train

Regular Merchandise Train from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL passes HillTop as it leaves Waterloo.