In 2009 the tough winter caused IANR to get stuck south of Nora Springs. Well the strong winds over night and 5-8inches of snow has the line between Rockford and Nora Springs drifted in pretty goo... (more)

The Iowa Northern split the north train today at Greene due to last night's winter storm. The 1st crew ran lite power north to cut crossings and bust thru snow drifts. Well between Rockford and No... (more)

The Iowa Northern split the north train today at Greene due to last night's winter storm. The 1st crew ran lite power north to cut crossings and bust thru snow drifts. Here the crew creeps over th... (more)

For a long time the Iowa Northern was a shortline that barely made it. Then the Sabins took over and grew this shortline into what it is today. With the growth the IANR also got better power. Back... (more)

The Iowa Northern in the late 90's bought 5 GP 20's from National Railway in Silvis. These units were ex-SP and ex-SSW heriatge. Only 1 unit remains on the roster today. Back in 1999 the North Cre... (more)

Iowa Northern's North Crew is coming thru downtown Waterloo and is crosiing the Cedar River as Mother Nature dumps 10-12 inches of snow across Iowa in the 1st storm of winter. This crew will flip ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew is on the south end of the yard at Bryant trying to get switches cleaned out so they can yard their inbound train. Heavy wind and snow is slowing railroading down to... (more)

The Iowa Northern has been running the North Crew late out of Waterloo due to rail gang getting ready to put welded rail in around Butler/Shell Rock area. Here the north crew works north from Wate... (more)

The 14:00 North crew taxied to Waterloo for this small 21 car train out of Bryant Yard. Now the crew is few miles from Butler, where their 1st stop for the night is. The IANR has the rail laid out... (more)

Couple F40's and a slug work south with interchange traffic off the CP at Nora Springs. Most of this traffic is bound for Cedar Rapids and will be handed off to the south crew at Waterloo tonight.... (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)

Iowa Northern's North Crew head south with a train full of cars off the CP interchange at Nora Springs. This job is passing one of the restore ex-Rock Island depot at Rockford. This job will work ... (more)

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

The Iowa Northern's North Crew is southbound today with a few cars out of Manly and Rock Falls. Here the trains passes the interchange tracks with the CP at Stoffer, about 2 miles north of Nora Sp... (more)

IANR's North Crew has an empty potash train out of Waterloo as they head north to Manly. This is normal duties for the North Crew to move their train and potash trains when they showed up from the... (more)