Snowflake Express and Santa on board a train load of Kids and Families And made 6 runs on a 1.5 Hour ride out and back.

Snowflake Express and Santa with a train load of Kids go for a 1.5 Hour ride out and back.

Rock Island heritage F40PH No. 678 leads a southbound NRHS Convention special at Nora Springs, Iowa. The trackage is ex-Rock Island; notice the signal next to the locomotive. The trip operated fro... (more)

Passing the old BCR&N ( RI ) Depot thats saved but not restored.

Less then 1/2 hour till their back in Cedar Falls, Iowa as the new rail allows 30 MPH

This picture was not posed. A gent driving a 1957 Chevrolet arrived with his family to view the NRHS special heading for Manly. The old car, parked beside the road, complemented the colors of the ... (more)

The shots getting hard to get, Time to trim it back.

Pace shot of the NRHS Train heading back to Cedar Falls,Iowa

It's fifteen minutes before sunrise as the Hawkeye Express prepares for another University of Iowa home football game. The crew is onboard and waiting for a warrant while traffic streaming by on H... (more)

Iowa Northern's ex-Amtrak F40 along with the Hawkeye Express makes its annual pilgrimage to Coralville for the start of the University of Iowa Hawkeye 2011 football season. Its seen here entering ... (more)

Iowa Northern's F40 678 brings another load of Iowa Hawkeye fans on the Hawkeye Express to the steps of historic Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City for the Big Ten game between Iowa and Michigan State. ... (more)

Passengers wait patiently for the arrival of the Palo Express at Vinton. The train is arriving on its 3rd trip of the day. For $12 passengers could make a roundtrip ride from Palo to Vinton or vi... (more)

The Palo Express is on the 3rd trip of the day out of Palo as they past thru the small town of Shellsburg. Around 900 tickets were sold for each train and the 1st 2 trains I heard were sold out, t... (more)

The Palo Express rolls northbound at 30 mph about 5 miles south of Vinton on the 2nd northbound trip of the day. We are standing behind engineer for the day, Bill MaGee, Iowa Northern's assistant ... (more)

A worms eye view of IANR 678 and passengers boarding the Hawkeye Express before the Iowa-Northwestern Game.