The Oelwein Crew heads back to Waterloo with 25 car of grain. This job operates daily out of Waterloo and makes either a Fairbank or Oelwein turn normally in the afternoon. The main customer on th... (more)

The Oelwein Crew heads back to Waterloo with 25 car of grain. This job operates daily out of Waterloo and makes either a Fairbank or Oelwein turn normally in the afternoon. The main customer on th... (more)

Trackage rights from Nora Springs to Garner to there ex CNW UP line.

Iowa Northern's annual Snowflake Express made 6 round-trips yesterday from Waterloo to Washburn to help raise money for the Mix Kids, a non-profit organization. Here the train is about to Washburn... (more)

The Hawkeye Express holds the main during the Iowa-Indiana football. Iowa beat Indiana to better their record to 10-0.

The south end of the Iowa Northern between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids is a mainly night time operation. There is a few times when things get behind schedule and the train is coming back to Waterloo... (more)

The Hawkeye Express waits for its next call to duty

Finally ... football season is here! Which means the Hawkeye Express will once again shuttle fans to and from University of Iowa Football games.

The Oelwein Job sits in last light of the day as they are about to head back to Waterloo. They just got done working the Fairbank ethanol plant. About the only remains of the ex-Chicago Great West... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Oelwein job went to work at noon today at Waterloo, and only made a Fairbank turn. The job creeps back to Waterloo with cars from the Fairbank ethanol plant, seen here about to... (more)

A pair of Iowa Northern MPI locomotives haul a short train across the Cedar River in downtown Waterloo. I moved from Iowa to Minnesota in June of 2008 as floods were ravaging this area. It's har... (more)

The 461 idles in Bryant Yard with the passenger consist from Saturday's train to Iowa City for the Hawkeyes game.

An Iowa Northern grain train is dwarfed by elevators as it passes by a former Illinois Central caboose at Rockford, Iowa. the train is traveling southeast on the former Rock Island between Manly a... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Oelwein job went to work at noon today at Waterloo, and only made a Fairbank turn. Here the job picks up empty fertilizer cars from the Coop at Dunkerton. Then job will head to... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Oelwein job went to work at noon today at Waterloo, and only made a Fairbank turn. Here the job creeps back to Waterloo with cars from Fairbank and Dunkerton. Here the job cros... (more)