The Spencer Local crew cabbed into Mason City to bring out an empty bean train for loading in western Iowa. This is about a month after the DM&E boys took over the IMRL at the end of July 2002. Th... (more)

I remember this chase very well! The 942 Spencer Local would come into Mason City sometimes on Tuesdays and Thursdays because they didn't connect with 940 in Spencer. That meant somedays there wou... (more)

I&M Rail Link train 919 enters the yard in Nahant, IA returning from the IPSCO steel mill. This photo marks a turning point for me, as I used to hate having people in my photos as a die-hard rost... (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 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)

Shot taken off #6. IMRL 610 was sold to this grain company. I am not sure of the name though.