The Iowa Northern shut down operations for a bit on Saturday so their employees could enjoy a company ride and lunch. The employee special ran from Waterloo to Vinton and back. Here the job pokes ... (more)

The Iowa Northern ran a passenger train from Manly to Cedar Rapids on Monday, 9/30. Mostly IANR management people rode the train, maybe as a final farewell-type trip. Everyone is still waiting on ... (more)

The Cedar Rapids to Waterloo job is working La Porte City on their way back to Waterloo. The crew sets out empties for loading at the elevator and now shoves back to their train. In February 2025,... (more)

The South Crew is running back north with traffic from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo with an A-B-B-A of F40's and a GP38. The job is running alittle later today due to work they had at Vinton on the wa... (more)

The South Crew is running back north to Waterloo with an A-B-B-A of F40's and a GP38. Here the train passes this ex-Rock Island Depot at La Porte City in a small snow storm. This job normally make... (more)

The Iowa Northern ran a passenger special out of Waterloo on Good Friday. The trip went from Bryant Yard in Waterloo to the end of the property at Cedar Rapids for investors and accountants. The I... (more)

One thing about Midwest winter's is things get screwed up and late. As is the case today as Caleb and I braved the cold weather to chase the South Crew back towards Waterloo. This is normally an o... (more)

The south end of the Iowa Northern the past 30 years has been somewhat a night time operation. You will find odd ball stuff running or late trains year in and year out. As was the case in January ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's South Crew has cars to setout for the north track here at La Porte. Here the crew pulls up to setoff their cars and is passing the classic Rock Island Depot. Due to Winter Stor... (more)

The Iowa Northern has 4 ex-Rock Island Depots along their line from Cedar Rapids to Manly. 3 out 4 are restored but this one at La Porte is still used by the section but is in rough shape.

The Iowa Northern's South Crew is running late today making the trip back to Waterloo easier to photograph. Still at La Porte an old Rock Island depot that the MofW people still use. The South Cre... (more)

The South Crew has just finished up their work at La Porte and is heading back to their train south of town. Today's south crew has 6 units for power due to the tonnage on the south trip last nigh... (more)

Iowa Northern Palo Express is in deadhead mode as they past thru La Porte on their way to Palo to park for the night for tomorrow's event. This train set normally is used for Iowa Hawkeye's Footba... (more)

Ex-Rock Island track, old Rock Island depot, and a F40 painted in Rock Island, makes for a small trip back to the days. The Rock never had this type of equipment, but still cool for a small time r... (more)

A late South Crew is making a rare daylight trip to Cedar Rapids today. The line south of Waterloo is still a hard line to shoot daylight trains on. The IANR had 5 of these GP20's rebuilt by NRE a... (more)