Built in 1917.

A crew member uncouples a cut of cars from IATR #51's train near the railroad's shops. This is one of the last electric freight railroads in the country, and their fleet of 4 steeplecabs make the ... (more)

Where else can you find historic steeplecabs pulling freight in the United States? The answer: no where. The Iowa Traction Railroad is one of the last electric freight operations in the country. T... (more)

The middle of summer in America's heartland.

Another timeless workday on the Iowa Traction begins with a pickup off the ICE interchange (seen on the right track), motor #54 with it's distinctive headlamps backs into the siding where sister #... (more)

Only In Iowa: In Mason City, Iowa, the tradition of traction railroading rolls on at the Iowa Traction Railroad, as ITRR 54 rolls around the curve near the Union Pacific Interchange in August 2010... (more)

The Iowa Traction brings scrap loads off the UP interchange to Behr's.

Engineer John Richards takes Iowa Traction trolley 727 east from Emery with a Steve Glischinski railfan special. The passengers are members of the railfan group who are riding to Mason City while ... (more)

IATR 54 brings a cut of three covered hoppers up to the DM&E interchange from the AGP feed mill.

Two of IATR's Baldwin-Westinghouse steeplecabs meet on the siding near Clear Lake Junction, near the DM&E interchange.

Iowa Traction 54 pulls a cut of three covered hoppers out of the AGP spur while sister 60 sits idle nearby. IATR 54 is a 50-ton steeplecab that was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in May 1923 as ... (more)

IATR 50 passes through a residential area on the outskirts of Mason City, heading east towards the DM&E interchange. The Iowa Traction is the last interuban freight railroad operating in the ... (more)

IATR 50 creeps up to Bridge #2, which is currently out of service - trains don't normally travel this far west into Clear Lake. This was a special photo charter on the IATR in October 2010.

IATR 50 has a short freight train on the main line, and CNS&M 727 has just left the carbarn at Emery (IATR owner Dave Johnson is at the controls). The Iowa Traction is the last operating interurb... (more)