The first passengers are loaded on the Hawkeye Express for the 2009 season and the engineer gives 'er the throttle. This year, the Hawkeye Express is traveling on brand new 115 pound CWR.

Opening day of the 2009 Iowa football season! Hawk fans board the Hawkeye Express for the two mile shuttle ride to Kinick Stadium on a beautiful September morning.

The Hawkeye Express is stop at Walford waiting on a steel gang to clear up so they can continue to Iowa City. The Iowa Northern is running this train to the Iowa Interstate for the start of the fo... (more)

On display in the park in downtown Manly Iowa.

The North Crew has just finished their air test at Greene on the grain they picked up. Now they are departing south with the next stop at Butler Yard, near Shell Rock. This crew will run south all... (more)

It's crew done for the day, the power for the Oelwein Job rides out yet another early summer storm.

Iowa Northern's Oelwein job is parked at the ethanol plant at Fairbank. This job originates normally here at Fairbank at noon daily and works between Waterloo and Oelwein. Hawkeye Renewable Energy... (more)

3 GP 38's lay over at the north end of the yard at Butler. This area has changed quite a bit in the last couple years with the addition fo the ethanol plant and all the yard track put in to handle... (more)

5 GP 38's begin the task of putting together a 80 car ethanol train heading for the CN in Waterloo. The train is working at the Butler ethanol plant located about 5 miles north of Shell Rock. This... (more)

Passing a Farm on its Morning run to Waterloo

In a few hours the Hawkeye Express will be shuttling fans from Coralville to downtown Iowa City for the Penn State game.

636 snakes its way out of Rock Falls, Iowa after rolling onto the IANR at Plymouth Jct. After a crew change at Nora Springs, this train will pick up another SD40-2 to get up to the proper HPT rati... (more)

After waiting for the Iowa Northern to clear Plymouth Jct., DME 6054 makes the short but slow journey across the IANR rails to Nora Jct.

Iowa Northern 2493 at Waterloo.

The North Crew is now waiting on a backhoe and a cat to get this power unstuck near Nora Springs. The power can really get wedged in when you move thru drifts as seen by this photo. Doesnt take mu... (more)