The Palo Express is on the 3rd trip of the day out of Palo as they past thru the small town of Shellsburg. Around 900 tickets were sold for each train and the 1st 2 trains I heard were sold out, t... (more)

The Palo Express rolls northbound at 30 mph about 5 miles south of Vinton on the 2nd northbound trip of the day. We are standing behind engineer for the day, Bill MaGee, Iowa Northern's assistant ... (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)

Iowa Northern's Palo Holiday Express roll south back to Palo with the 1st southbound trip of 4 for the day. For $12 riders could enjoy a 28 mile roundtrip ride From Palo to Vinton or vice versa to... (more)

A worms eye view of IANR 678 and passengers boarding the Hawkeye Express before the Iowa-Northwestern Game.

Well it is official, the Iowa Northern now has their railroad back in one piece. Here is the 1st revenue train across the rebuilt bridge. This line has been out of service since the floods in June... (more)

After waiting around a hour for the steel gang to clear up at Walford, the Hawkeye Express rolls on south for Iowa City. This is old Milwaukee Road track that is being upgrade with new 115 pound s... (more)

The Iowa Northern Hawkeye Express rolls into Cedar Rapids as couple guys are about to put their boat in Cedar River. The train is entering UP's North Yard on the northside of Cedar Rapids. This tr... (more)

The first passengers are loaded on the Hawkeye Express for the 2009 season and the engineer gives 'er the throttle. This year, the Hawkeye Express is traveling on brand new 115 pound CWR.

Opening day of the 2009 Iowa football season! Hawk fans board the Hawkeye Express for the two mile shuttle ride to Kinick Stadium on a beautiful September morning.

The Hawkeye Express is stop at Walford waiting on a steel gang to clear up so they can continue to Iowa City. The Iowa Northern is running this train to the Iowa Interstate for the start of the fo... (more)

On display in the park in downtown Manly Iowa.

The North Crew has just finished their air test at Greene on the grain they picked up. Now they are departing south with the next stop at Butler Yard, near Shell Rock. This crew will run south all... (more)

It's crew done for the day, the power for the Oelwein Job rides out yet another early summer storm.

Iowa Northern's Oelwein job is parked at the ethanol plant at Fairbank. This job originates normally here at Fairbank at noon daily and works between Waterloo and Oelwein. Hawkeye Renewable Energy... (more)