Iowa Traction No. 50, a steeplecab electric built in 1920, rolls downgrade towards Clear Lake after finishing its work at AGP.
The motorman changes the poles on IATR No. 50 while switching cars at Butler Siding near Clear Lake Junction.
Iowa Traction 50 was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in October 1920 for the Washington & Old Dominion. This antique is still used to move freight cars.
Talk about a generation gap - IATR 50 sits as a UP train eases over the crossing in the background. Built in 1920, the old electric unit is 70 years older than the UP power behind it yet still ea... (more)
The IATR 50 patiently waits for a crew to show up later in the morning to jump on and start switching the grain elevator.
