And with the temps about 35 the snow is sticking to everything, Time to clean up the windows , Horns and give the train ahead time to give up its track warrant.
South bound passing the old BCR&N (RI) Depot
Winging back the Drifts before they getting bigger.
Iowa Northern ran a Family reunion train at the old Rock Island depot in Downtown Cedar Falls.
Working the drifts and is a short way from a stop to inspect at Calmar.
Blasting its way thru town on it first run East
Rolling thru some small drifts on it's way west to battle with more snow.
On it's way to Davenport till the Extrusion Thursday.
Cresting one Hog back after another and draped over 2, Only 3 more before the their yard at Waterloo.
Cedar River RR is the old Jack Haley line that he started and then started the CC&P buying the lines from the ICG that wanted out of Railroading. Here they are at MP1 of the Stacyville branch on ... (more)
Crossing over the CN on a slow Sunday, Do to trackage rights they take 3 lines to get back to their line. IC, WCF&N CGW.
CN's plow CC 108000 was built for the IC by Jordan the same Jordan the built the spreaders. New Hartford is about 20 miles West of Waterloo Yard.
ICG RI Diamond In Cedar Falls the Rock Island has been shut down all most a year now and Iowa Northern hasn't started up.
EMT. Coal coming into Hilltop and into the Waterloo yard for fuel and crew.
MMCBE is about to make a set out as a photographer takes a closes up.