A southbound WC freight train is about to top the hill at Byron as pass thru the town back in the summer of 1997.

The Iowa Northern has 4 ex-Rock Island Depots along their line from Cedar Rapids to Manly. 3 out 4 are restored but this one at La Porte is still used by the section but is in rough shape.

The St. Paul, MN, to Kansas City, MO, manifest train is passing tru Dubuque Jct., and now is on CN trackage. 170 will run over the CN for next 1.5 miles to Wood before returning to home rails. Thi... (more)

In idle now, the engineer on this empty Hartley ethanol train prepares the units for dynamics as they drop down hill into Lawer at 40mph. The DM&E and CP have done alot of work on this part of the... (more)

The Mason City to Austin, MN, and back local has the #616 ethanol train out Welcome, MN, in tow as they head back to Mason City. Since the crew has the 616 and 4 motors they will take the Iowa Nor... (more)

Somedays you just wish the consist was turned around. Before the CP bought the DM&E, the DM&E was doing a good job of painting these beast. Now back in CP hands, these units will probably end thei... (more)

Empty Hartley, IA, ethanol train works west to New Hampton to meet #478. This crew went to work at 04:45 at Dubuque and will handle the train to Mason City, where a new crew will take the train ou... (more)

Couple F40's and a slug work south with interchange traffic off the CP at Nora Springs. Most of this traffic is bound for Cedar Rapids and will be handed off the south crew at Waterloo tonight.

An empty Hartley, IA, #633 ethanol train passes an outbound #632 Lawler ethanol load waiting for traffic to clear up. There is a 13:30 Mason City crew that will taxi out to the train in the backgr... (more)

This sticker and the unit is getting to be pretty tired adn wore out. Someone has put a new spin on this proud CP heritage once shown with these units. This unit will see some TLC soon, as CP is r... (more)

After DM&E train #478 cleared the diamond at Charles City, the southbound Cedar River continued south towards Waterloo. Here they pass the northbound fixed distant signal for the DM&E diamond.

With CP storing or returning leased units, the Soo Line SD60's have been on the increase on the ex-IC&E lines. Here a trio SD60's came out of Chicago on this empty Hartley, IA, ethanol train. At M... (more)

The St. Paul, MN, to Kansas City, MO, manifest train passes a small farmstead just north of Green Island. With CP returning or storing leased units they have sent alot of the Soo Line SD60's dow... (more)

The hardest pull between Waterloo and Dubuque eastbound is Dyersville Hill at MP 208. Here a loaded ethanol train is blasting up the hill today since they have 3 units instead of the normal 2 unit... (more)

Loaded ethanol train out of Marcus, IA, bound for the CSXT in Chicago, IL, drops downgrade into Manchester. This crew went to work at 03:55 at Ft Dodge and will take the train thru to Dubuque for ... (more)