The Mason City to Savanna daily B38 local makes its way out of Mason City with its normal afternoon departure. Here the job is roughly 10 miles east of Mason as they slam across the Iowa Northern ... (more)

There aren't a ton of diamonds in small town Iowa, and most of those don't have alot of movements per day go thru them. So when I heard the CP B38 get a warrant at Mason City to head east, and I k... (more)

Passenger extra to Manly.

Back in 2008 the Huron to Chicago Clearing freight train pulls into Nora Springs via Iowa Northern trackage. Sure do miss the days where the blues rule this regional railroad. The changes the past... (more)

A loaded KCS Feeder Train off the Jackson Sub is about to get on the Mason City Sub for the trip to Marquette. The train is currently on trackage rights over the Iowa Northern between Plymouth and... (more)

Rock Island heritage F40PH No. 678 leads a southbound NRHS Convention special at Nora Springs, Iowa. The trackage is ex-Rock Island; notice the signal next to the locomotive. The trip operated fro... (more)

Iowa Northern's North Crew head south with a small train of cars from the Manly Yard, and loads just picked up at Rock Falls. Due to yard congestion at Bryant Yard in Waterloo, this job would tie ... (more)

A loaded ethanol train out of Welcome, MN, is about to Nora Springs via the Iowa Northern. The DM&E uses the Iowa Northern between Plymouth and Nora Springs so trains don't have to go to Mason Cit... (more)

Crawling past the distant for the Iowa Northern crossing

The North Job is on ICE/CP tracks switching at Nora Springs. Soon it will enter the connecting track at Nora Junction and return to home rails. The consist includes a GP38-2, two F40M-2Fs from the... (more)

The North Job returns to home rails after switching at Nora Springs on the ICE/CP.

The North Crew just picked up 75 loads off the DM&E here at Nora Springs. Now the crews heads south towards Waterloo with 75 cars of grain for ADM in Cedar Rapids. At Waterloo this grain will be h... (more)

Iowa Northern's North Crew heads south with 14 cars of grain bound for Cedar Rapids, IA. This crew will pickup more cars enroute to Waterloo where the cars will be turned over to the South Crew. N... (more)

North Crew is shoving back to their train at Stouffer after doing all their work at Nora Springs. The train is passing old ex-Rock Island ABS signals. These abandoned signals litter the Iowa North... (more)

The North Crew's power is parked on the elevator track at Nora Springs. This power will be used to help run around the Fairbank ethanol train that will be here in 30 minutes. Since there only one ... (more)