The Iowa Northern's North Crew swing around the curve on the southside of Shell Rock. The job is a healthy 88 cars today mainly made up of CP empties bound for Nora Springs, IANR empties, and a fe... (more)
With new power and a new crew put on at Waterloo, this loaded grain train off the Osage Sub begin the trip out of Waterloo for Reserve, LA. The Cedar River brought the train down to Mona Jct on ... (more)
An eastbound grain train off the Iowa Northern at Waterloo works east on the CN Dubuque Sub with a couple usual visitors. These 2 KCS units came into Waterloo today on a grain empty and are turned... (more)
I headed out today in hopes for more drift action. 337 and 703 left Dubuque after sunrise on this bitterly cold day. The low at sunrise was around -15 with wind chills well above the -30's. Unfort... (more)
The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest twist around the Winthrop curves with 7600 feet of train. The train starts into the curves at 40mph with the permanent speed restriction, but the train wil... (more)