BNSF 5956 shoves the rear end of CBCR (XSACR crew) up Walford Hill as they continue their climb into Cedar Rapids, IA on the CIC Amana Main (IAIS Cedar Rapids Subdivision).

IAIS 517 leads XCRSA up the grade and around the curves between 120th St and 220th Trail grade crossings.

IAIS 517 leads LHF and NS 9516 trails on an extra CRSA (South Amana-Cedar Rapids-South Amana). Crews typically don't like running these locomotives LHF; however, the brand new IAIS GEVO must have ... (more)

CRANDIC Job 4 makes a rare run down the Amana Line that usually sees IAIS trains, but on this rare occasion the CIC ran a ballast train dumping where ties have been replaced within the past few da... (more)

IAIS 511 leads the SACR2 north approaching Walford, Iowa.

Not your everyday consist. A trio of BNSF units trail IAIS 721 and slug.

Running on Crandic trackage rights, the Iowa Interstate job heads back to their new yard.

Iowa Interstate 500 south leads the daily "turn" (Cedar Rapids-South Amana)down the former Milwaukee Road Ottumwa line, now owned by the CRANDIC but leased to the Iowa Interstate Rwy.

Under late afternoon cloudy skies a trio of GEVO's make a light power move to Cedar Rapids.

Even though it is spring by the calendar winter isn't quite ready to give up. GEVO 512 leads the CRSA heading for South Amana.

The NRHS special is returning to Cedar Rapids after dropping the IAIS 2-10-2 at Homestead.

The Cedar Rapids turn has crested the hill southwest of Walford and now starts its descent down the long grade to Main Amana.

Mother Nature has provided a frosty landscape for the crew of 508 as well as rail fans on this day, two days after Christmas 2010.

Who's railroad is it? UP 6944 followed by Iowa Interstate 714 leads a string of NS coal hoppers as they reach the crest of the hill between Amana and Walford on CRANDIC's Amana line. Actually the... (more)

Dense fog blanketed Eastern Iowa overnight creating a thick coating of frost on the landscape. Eventually the fog lifted and the sun came out creating a stunning image against the brilliant blue s... (more)