For a short time during takeover, the IANR switcher job at Waterloo (WSE) started in the CN yard and made Bryant Yard flips. During that time the CN kept the power on the ramp track so they can co... (more)

As is most days at Waterloo, trains show up at the same time. I will have 2 trains to run all 12 hours, and they will come at the same time. It just means you have to use your crossovers and plan ... (more)

The spring tour of the CN's Geo Train to the Iowa Zone has some extra miles added to it for the 1st time. The car traveled the IANR property to inspect what they have. The job ran the Dubuque and ... (more)

The Waterloo switcher is on their way across town from the CN Waterloo Yard to their Bryant Yard with interchange from the CN. The job has the 3rd CN unit going into captive service to the IANR to... (more)

The Waterloo switcher is on their way across town from the CN Waterloo Yard to their Waterloo Bryant Yard with interchange from the CN. Here the job curves off the Cedar River bridge and along hig... (more)

CN M-337 pulls thru a sag east of Waterloo, Iowa with BNSF/NS power

The CCP acquired 20 ex-MILW GP9Rs sometime in 1985. These units had 2000 horses and classed GP 20s. These things were pretty ratty by the time the CCP ran them into the ground in 10 years they had... (more)

The Waterloo switcher is on its way across Waterloo from the CN yard to the IANR Bryant Yard with cars from the CN. The job will line cars and switch out at Bryant Yard before heading back to the ... (more)

The Iowa Northern ran a CN turnout out of Butler to deliver a bunch of cars for the CN. The crew now picks up the few cars the CN had ready for them. Rare sight at Waterloo today as tons of power ... (more)

The Iowa Northern served the Cedar Falls Utilities until it closed in 2016. Most of that coal came from the IC southern Illinois mines that were interchanged to the Iowa Northern at Waterloo. Due ... (more)

The Butler Yard to Waterloo daily freight pulls into the CN yard at Waterloo to do interchange work. The crew passes the 2 EJ&E switch engines the CN normally has on hand for the local assignments... (more)

4 geeps bring an eastbound into Waterloo from the west. The train is just past CTC Susie on the west side of Waterloo, where the double track starts for the yard. Only a couple more years were lef... (more)

A collection of jeeps handles this coal train out of Council Bluffs to Chicago. The train is about to arrive at Waterloo as they pass through the west end of the double track at Waterloo named Sus... (more)

A meet today that still happens quite often nowadays. Back in 1992, the Iowa Northern's North Job was waiting for an empty CCP IEI coal train to depart Waterloo. The Iowa Northern started using th... (more)

IANR GP38-2 3811 leads a ethanol train East, approaching the CN yard in Waterloo.