The Iowa Northern original roster was madeup of 12 GP38's. Since then they have added GP40's, F40's, Cats, and slug sets to their collectic roster. Here the South Crew is alittle old school as the... (more)

The Oelwein Job doesnt have much for a train as they make their way thru the snow on their way towards Fairbank. This job is now working out of Waterloo at noon, 7 days a week. They mainly make Fa... (more)

The South Crew rolls pass the old Rock Island depot at La Porte. With the Cedar River Bridge still out in Waterloo, this end of the railroad isn't seeing alot of traffic. When this job does run it... (more)

The Oelwein Job has cutoff from their train to go into the yard at Linden to pickup the UP overhead traffic. UP has a switch job based in Waterloo that services customers in Waterloo's Northeast S... (more)

With 61 loads in tow the Oelwein Job nows head for Waterloo in the late afternoon. This job went to work in Waterloo today at 11am and made a Fairbank turn. Somedays this job will run all the way ... (more)

With 26 DDG cars and 10 ethanol cars out of Fairbank, the Oelwein Job is heading back south now. This job will stop at Dunkerton and pickup 25 loads of grain before heading into Waterloo. With all... (more)

The Oelwein Job is passing one of the few old Chicago Great Western signs still left along this route. This is ex-CGW trackage between Oelwein, IA and Kansas City, MO, but ownly a handful of milea... (more)

Iowa Northern 3804 eases down the old CNW sectional track at 10 M.P.H. getting ready to pickup empty grain hoppers from the Ethanol Plant just down the track