Eastbound Ft. Dodge, IA, to Waterloo, IA, local is stopped waiting for another crew to take it into Waterloo.

The IC had to use IC power on any run thru trains between Waterloo and Ft. Dodge due to cab signals. Here an IEI coal train works east out of Waterloo towards its destination of East Dubuque, IL, ... (more)

The IC and CN influence began to showup more and more in Iowa on the ex-Chicago Central trackage as GTW Geeps era started in the late 90's. Here a westbound freight train blast towards Waterloo wi... (more)

A westbound freight train drops downhill into Raymond and is getting close to Waterloo. The CN power is enroute to Waterloo for annual inspections. The Waterloo roundhouse use to do alot of inspec... (more)

The Chicago, IL, to Council Bluffs, IA, intermodal train is about to pass thru Benson Curve. I-11 and I-12 was put on for awhile to try to drum up intermodal business along the Iowa Division. The ... (more)

The daily train to Chicago out of Waterloo roars east of Raymond as they climb the 1st hard pull along this roller coaster railroad between Waterloo and Dubuque. All black was how the IC and then ... (more)

The IC ran an employee Operation Lifesaver trip from Waterloo out to Iowa Falls and back. Here the E units run around their train on the Mills Siding. These IC E's ran around for a long time in th... (more)

A loaded grain train from Western Iowa begins the climb out of Webster City. The train is still 80 miles from Waterloo Yard.

A loaded grain train from Western Iowa rolls thru the fog at New Hartford. This train is about 20 miles from Waterloo. Back in the late 90's the batch of IC SD70's were fairly new to the IC system... (more)

The Waukesha local power is parked over night out the depot in downtown Waukesha. Talks sound like CN would like to move out of this depot due to cost, but unsure if or when that will happen.

A pair of IC SD70's southbound thru Gilman on this Toronto to Memphis freight train. Mornings on the CN north of Champaign can be busy if trains are running late southbound. Usually couple south a... (more)

The IC E-units sit quietly inside the Woodcrest Shops with unknown fate. These 2 units don't see much service anymore as the 103 has been doing the work on CN executives trains lately. These units... (more)

The conductor on the Cedar River waits for the train to show up to spot the last 25 empties of their train here at Stacyville elevator. This job has a company car that the conductor drives to stay... (more)

The L510 has a good size train today for the Wisconsin Southern. Here the crew shoves the 1st yard track to the limit. The engineer peaks out the window to get a better feel to where he is shoving... (more)

The Cedar River local is stopping to setout cars on the north end of Grain Millers (GMI). GMI gets a fair amount of loaded oats from Saskatchewan for processing. It is the Cedar River's biggest cu... (more)