The Mason City switch engine takes a lunch break in front of the depot on the last day of the IMRL. The IC&E would take control of the IMRL the next day after this photo was taken. Mason City onl... (more)

The Spencer Local heads west with a empty soybean train. This local just stalled leaving the river valley west of Algona, IA. With some help from a local photographer (me), we are up and going aga... (more)

The place where my railroad career start in June 1997. I have spent a few hours switching trains in this yard for the IMRL and ICE. Pretty amazing how much life has changed with me and the railroa... (more)

The Spencer local head west with an empty soybean train for Sanborn, IA. The train is running with a couple old SD9's for power today, which wasn't real common, but somedays 942 had to take what w... (more)

3 SD40's roll east thru Ossian on the IMRL 4th sub with a KCS Bullet Train. This grain had 5 units to get up Calmar Hill, but setout the rear 2 units at Calmar for an extra. This train is 36 miles... (more)

Back in 2000 the Iowa Northern wasn't doing as well as it is today. Power shortage cause the IANR to borrow power from the IMRL to help out. Here couple leased units power the North Crew towards M... (more)

The St Paul to Kansas City autorack train is creeping thru the town of Bellevue. 99 today has a couple odd ducks for the IMRL, the only F 45, and one of 3 SRY SD 38's. SRY didnt venture off the Ma... (more)

This Nahant to Kansas City extra freight train rolls across the Foster Bridges in southern Iowa west of Ottumwa. Today's consist is alittle bit odd since 3 of 4 SD35's the IMRL had are on one trai... (more)

The Mason City switch engine took some road power over to Nora Springs to pickup some empties off the Iowa Northern and bring them back into Mason City. Here the 358 west is climbing out of Nora S... (more)

5 units power this Marquette, IA to Mason City, IA freight west as the sun sets on another day. This train is at MP 37, which is 37 miles west of Marquette. The 378/377 trains were the daily freig... (more)

Looking out the window of an old barn near Castalia as this 389 Bullet Train rolls east with a SD45, KCS SD40-2, and the 3 SRY SD38's off the Wells Job. At Marquette the head 2 units will go south... (more)

Ever once in awhile 954 would bring all the power out of Marquette that would build up from eastbound loaded trains on the 4th sub. As seen today with the "everything" consist. IMRL 612, 609, 218,... (more)

With only 9 IMRL days left, the 613 sits outside the Mason City roundhouse after some work was done. This unit lasted a few years in the ICE days, but was retired and sold in 2005. The 613/614 sti... (more)

For a long time the 954 local between Mason City and Marquette would run with mainly SD9's. Getting more than a trio of them was hard. This is only time I got 4 of them in a solid set. The eastbou... (more)

The Spencer local rolls west toward Spencer with a empty bean train for loading west of Spencer. These trains ran in IMRL and IC&E days from Iowa to Valdasta, GA for ADM. Many times on Tuesdays an... (more)