Dragging its self out of the Maquoketa River Valley one of 7 rivers and more sags for cricks that it will have to pull its train out of.

Rolling into Manchester and passing the Cedar Rapids branch cut, Set out for the next train south.

Making the turn South onto the Branch at first light.

Wow, a couple SD 40's are put together to power the Cedar Rapids local out of Manchester today. Been awhile since 2 SD 40's did the honors in Iowa. A place where SD 40's were on everything, the ti... (more)

West Herzog Ballast train rolls west at Manchester on the Dubuque Sub. These 60 cars will dump west of Waterloo tonight. This train was loaded in Wisconsin on ex-Wisconsin Central, and return ther... (more)

Due to more Iowa Northern detour traffic the Manchester to Cedar Rapids local is back to 2 units for the time being. The power is done for the day as it sits in Manchester waiting for the 05:00 cr... (more)

An empty ethanol train for Arthur, IA rolls west thru Manchester with 83 cars. At Waterloo this train will get new power and make a small pickup of Arthur cars before heading west around 19:30 ton... (more)

With no DME running and the CN local out with a GP9 had to do it.

The Manchester local is just about done for the day. Tomorrow this job will go to work at 7am and make the 42 miles trip down the Cedar Rapids branch and back. Most of Cedar Rapids industries are ... (more)

WC 3026 has been running around in Iowa now for around a month. The current assignment for this one of a kind unit is the L563 local out of Manchester. L563 is done with their work for the day, so... (more)

The Cedar Rapids local heads west for Waterloo, IA after setting out the majority of its train at Manchester, IA.

L563 is back from Cedar Rapids with a large train that is being set out on the north siding at Manchester. Two Iowa Northern GPs are in the consist: IANR 3803 & IANR 3800.

BNSF coal power doing extra duty sitting in great morning light at Manchester.

The Cedar Rapids local has just put their inbound train on the north siding and is now heading over to the south siding to get their Cedar Rapids Loading to go back with. The Branch has been drift... (more)

Heading back south out of Manchester, L563 has 25 cars and the 2 plows in tow. The local plowed on the way north today and now is running normal home. Both plows are facing north because there is ... (more)