The Waterloo Switcher is on the way back from the Union Pacific's Yard at Linden with a big pull. The Iowa Northern calls the cars to and from the UP the "overhead". UP has a landlocked ... (more)
The Hawkeye Express makes its annual pilgrimage to Coralville for the 2017 Iowa Football season.
Iowa Northern EMD F40M-2F No. 461 is a rebuilt Amtrak F40PH (former No. 266) that was acquired from Canada American Railroad (CDAC) and sits at Greene, Iowa, on May 21, 2014.
The Oelwein Crew heads back to Waterloo with 25 car of grain. This job operates daily out of Waterloo and makes either a Fairbank or Oelwein turn normally in the afternoon. The main customer on th... (more)
Iowa Northern's annual Snowflake Express made 6 round-trips yesterday from Waterloo to Washburn to help raise money for the Mix Kids, a non-profit organization. Here the train is about to Washburn... (more)
The 461 idles in Bryant Yard with the passenger consist from Saturday's train to Iowa City for the Hawkeyes game.
CNW Historical society Train making track speed on it's way to Vinton and lunch and the Rock Island Depot.
Getting Under way after setting out cars for the CN
The NRHS Excursion from Cedar Rapids to Rock Island and back is being pulled backwards by IAIS 513 over the Iowa River while IANR 678 and IANR 461 trail. At Rock Island, the train will return wit... (more)
The NRHS special is returning to Cedar Rapids after dropping the IAIS 2-10-2 at Homestead.
After dropping off storage cars they slowly work there way back to the main. This F40 has had HP added for the Hawkeye Football train by a Genset in the back, so from a F40PH to a more or less GP4... (more)