Iowa Traction 51 is down on its knees pulling a long cut of loaded hoppers upgrade. When the rear end clears the switch, IATR 60 will tie onto the rear car, pull the drag back down the hill, then... (more)

Carefully watching his train during a switching move is a Iowa Traction Railway motorman on steeple cab No. 60 at Mason City, Iowa, on April 15, 2008.

Iowa Traction Railway steeple cabs Nos. 60 and 51 switch the yard at Emery on the west side of Mason City, Iowa, on April 15, 2008. No. 60 was built in 1917, while sister No. 51 is four years youn... (more)

Iowa Traction Railway steeple cab No. 54 switches the AGP bean plant in Mason City, Iowa, on April 15, 2008. The size of the 50-ton electric locomotive built in 1920 is dwarfed by the modern cover... (more)

Iowa Traction Railway No. 54 pulls cars out of the AGP bean plant across 19th Street in Mason City, Iowa, on April 15, 2008. On the right is motor No. 60 with a train on the “main line.�

ex-Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

BN SD9 #6161 working at Mason City, IA - June 1985

A traction relic! Iowa Traction No. 54 switches the AGP plant in Mason City. The locomotive was built in May 1923 and has been running under wires for nearly a century.

"Friends of the 457" recently completed a ten-year cosmetic restoration of this Minneapolis & St. Louis 2-8-0, which included an overhead shelter, recorded sounds, steam effects, and working light... (more)

Iowa Traction 54 crosses South Eisenhower Ave heading for Clear Lake Junction.

Iowa Traction 60 pulls a cut of three tank cars out of the REG spur while sister 54 sits nearby. IATR 54 is a 50-ton steeplecab that was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in May 1923 as Southern Iowa ... (more)

This Bud's for You! IATR 54 rolls past the Budweiser distributor in Mason City as it heads for the shop at Emery. Anheuser-Busch introduced its signature Bohemian lager in 1876, just twenty years... (more)

Iowa Traction 50 shoves four hoppers back to the CP interchange track near Clear Lake Junction. The railroad dates back to 1896, when it was founded as the Mason City & Clear Lake Railway.

Iowa Traction 50 pulls a cut of cars across 15th Street in Mason City on America's last all-electric interurban freight railroad. How rare is it? No. 50 is nearing its 100th birthday; it was bu... (more)