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.

The Final Nail In The Coffin For Iowa Northern. Back on January 30, 2024, Canadian National Railroad and the Iowa Northern Railroad filed an application seeking approval from the STB (Unite... (more)

The EJ&E 657 had a 10am checkup appointment with the Hulcher Doctor today in Waterloo. 5 new traction motors will be installed under the old girl due to some of the wheels being hit by the wheel i... (more)

Iowa Northern's Butler to Waterloo job backs out of the CN yard at Waterloo after a pickup and setout. This job normally goes to work at 9am and works south handling all the traffic from Butler an... (more)

CN 5693 pulls up to Osage Ave in Waterloo, Iowa with M33891 29 in tow, almost ready to depart from Hilltop, bound straight for Dubuque. It was nice to see a train with an (almost) solid SD75I cons... (more)

Iowa Northern BUWA at Waterloo Yard

Right after a late evening T-storm passes by, the sun peaks through the clouds just in time for the southbound Iowa Northern Railway Oelwein Job heading across the Cedar River Bridge in Waterloo, ... (more)