Back in 2024, the daily Butler to Waterloo local (BUWA) began the day switching cars out on the south end of Butler. The crew would have over 3 hours of work before heading south with cars for the... (more)

The official takeover date was somewhat around March 1st for CN. Now this week, things are slowly starting to take off, and organization is beginning. I saw the Manly to Butler was southbound ... (more)

Code Blue. With an air temperature hovering around -3, Iowa Northern train BUWA (Butler to Waterloo) is slowly making its way south through the small town of Shell Rock, Iowa. IANR 451, 395... (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)

IANR 451 sits waiting, tied down at the boat ramp just north of UP's North Yard. Taken on the IANR Cedar Rapids Subdivision on 8/11/23.

The South Crew is running back north with traffic from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo with an A-B-B-A of F40's and a GP38. The job is running alittle later today due to work they had at Vinton on the wa... (more)

The South Crew is running back north to Waterloo with an A-B-B-A of F40's and a GP38. Here the train passes this ex-Rock Island Depot at La Porte City in a small snow storm. This job normally make... (more)