CN hadn't run anything on the Cedar Rapids Branch since 12/23. After a couple days of heavy wind and some snow from the last storm, the branch was drifted in pretty good in spots. An extra crew wa... (more)

The CN ran their Jordan Spreader from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday 2/16. The crew flanged and push drifts back as they went. Here the crew works south on the Cedar Rapids Sub at MP 10 after... (more)

The CN ran their Jordan Spreader from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday 2/16. The crew flanged and push drifts back as they went. Here the crew works south on the Cedar Rapids Sub at MP 10 after... (more)

The CN ran their Jordan Spreader down their 42 miles Cedar Rapids Sub on Thursday February 21. The job worked at pushing back drifts along this branch. Winter has been pretty steady in this part o... (more)

The CN ran their Jordan Spreader down their 42 miles Cedar Rapids Sub on Thursday February 21. The job worked at pushing back drifts along this branch. Winter has been pretty steady in this part o... (more)

The CN ran their Jordan Spreader down their 42 miles Cedar Rapids Sub on Thursday February 21. The job worked at pushing back drifts along this branch. Winter has been pretty steady in this part o... (more)

The CN ran their Jordan Spreader down their 42 miles Cedar Rapids Sub on Thursday February 21. The job worked at pushing back drifts along this branch. Winter has been pretty steady in this part o... (more)

With heavy snow and strong winds on Tuesday night, the L567 local covered the CN 5455 on their Manchester turn. A clean unit was needed in Cedar Rapids today for the L563 local. So the crew cabbed... (more)

The Cedar Rapids Local heads back to Cedar Rapids as they pass MP 12. This branch comes off the Dubuque Sub at Manchester, and as you can see is a curvy/hilly 42 miles to Cedar Rapids. L563 makes ... (more)

The Manchester Turn out of Cedar Rapids crawls upgrade out of Ryan with 25 loads for Cedar Rapids. On Sunday the normal job if off, so sometimes an extra is called to keep traffic moving, as was d... (more)

10 miles south of Manchester, the Cedar Rapids local rolls south plowing the branch out from the last winter storm. L563 has a wedge plow and a couple cars as they make their way south of Ryan. I ... (more)

After not running trains for 2 days on this branch, I was excited to get a few drift busting shots. It wasn't meant to be, there isn't enough snow to really even run a plow today. Oh well, L563 ro... (more)

Snow drifts, like this one near Ryan, has taken the toll on the power this week. The CN usually runs plows on their locals to help keep the power dry, but it hasnt helped lately. Last night an ext... (more)

The Cedar Rapids branch runs from Manchester, IA to Cedar Rapids, a total of 42 miles. The branch has some small drifts building due to the past snow storm and wind. Here a GP40 and a GP38 pull 25... (more)

L563 makes a Manchester turn 7 days a week out of Cedar Rapids. L563 is done with their work at Manchester and are on their way back to Cedar Rapids now.