A few days ago a blizzard hit Central and Eastern Iowa leaving the entire area covered in another blanket of snow making drifts of 3ft+. With the CRANDIC attempting to plow the line themselves and... (more)

Iowa Northern's "south job" had quite the power lash-up on this snowy December day. Pictured here are IANR 3810 (GP38-2), 4003 (GP40-2LW), 3955 (slug), 3956 (slug), 461 (F40PHR), 3806 (GP38-2), 38... (more)

IANR 4002, IANR 3953 (slug), and GMTX 2276 pull the south job back north across the Cedar River. The interesting curved bridge is the new stretch of hwy 100 from hwy 30 to Cedar Rapids, IA. Just t... (more)

IANR 4001 leads the "South Job" northbound past the Vinton depot, on its way to Waterloo, Iowa. Called by many names, this is the old Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway de... (more)

A rare evening IANR South Job extra run to CR turned even better when a thunderstorm produced a shelf cloud as a backdrop! An Iowa storm front and a train is something I’ve wanted to catch for a... (more)

The Iowa Northern's north crew is working north on the Manly Sub a few miles outside of Cedar Falls. The crew has a bunch of power out of Bryant Yard, which includes the head 3 motors for the Butl... (more)

Back in 2019 the Iowa Northern went out for the 3rd time in late February with their new Jordan Spreader. The 1st 2 times they did the Manly Sub around Nora Springs. Today's agenda was the Oelwein... (more)

Back in 2019 the Iowa Northern went out for the 3rd time in late February with their new Jordan Spreader. The 1st 2 times they did the Manly Sub around Nora Springs. Today's agenda was the Oelwein... (more)

With a 3pm start time at Waterloo and the winter light, the Oelwein Job treks north at sunset. The train is a couple miles south of Dunkerton as they pass this farmstead with a small 4 car train. ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew slowly roll south on the Manly Sub outside of Rock Falls. The crew will stop and do work at Nora Springs with the CP here in a few miles. The rear car is hiding, but... (more)

IANR 3806 leads a very late South Job north at Palo.

The Iowa Northern's North Crew slowly roll south on the Manly Sub outside of Nora Springs. The crew will stop and do work here at Nora Springs with the CP in a few miles. The rear car is a 5-packe... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew slowly roll south on the Manly Sub outside of Nora Springs. The crew will stop and do work here at Nora Springs with the CP in a few miles. The rear car is a 5-packe... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew is just back to home rails at Cedar Falls Jct. The IANR uses CN trackage across Waterloo to Cedar Falls to get out of Bryant Yard and to the Manly Sub. The crew also... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew stops at the CN Interchange on the westside of Waterloo to setout 36 cars. The IANR has trackage rights over the CN from West Waterloo to Cedar Falls. Interchange be... (more)