A goofy move that has gone on for years at Waterloo is the hand off of potash trains from the UP to the Iowa Northern. At UP's Linden Yard, the UP local crew will pull the train by the outbound p... (more)
I worked the Saturday morning switcher at Waterloo. Since we had to switch out traffic off 570 and 337 I suggested getting 2 units together to help the process since it was snowing. Everyone agree... (more)
On Monday's the 17:00-L568 Job normally goes over and does work on the John Deere Industrial lead in west-central Waterloo. The lead is about 2-3 miles long and serves 4 customers. The job goes to... (more)
Inbound and outbound power is a zoo of models today. SD20 SD24 still in Southern paint, ex GM&O GP30 to. Back when if you stayed out of the way they just waved.