A few days ago a blizzard hit Central and Eastern Iowa leaving the entire area covered in another blanket of snow making drifts of 3ft+. With the CRANDIC attempting to plow the line themselves and... (more)
Iowa Northern's "south job" had quite the power lash-up on this snowy December day. Pictured here are IANR 3810 (GP38-2), 4003 (GP40-2LW), 3955 (slug), 3956 (slug), 461 (F40PHR), 3806 (GP38-2), 38... (more)
IANR 4002, IANR 3953 (slug), and GMTX 2276 pull the south job back north across the Cedar River. The interesting curved bridge is the new stretch of hwy 100 from hwy 30 to Cedar Rapids, IA. Just t... (more)
IANR 4001 leads the "South Job" northbound past the Vinton depot, on its way to Waterloo, Iowa.
Called by many names, this is the old Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway de... (more)
A rare evening IANR South Job extra run to CR turned even better when a thunderstorm produced a shelf cloud as a backdrop! An Iowa storm front and a train is something I’ve wanted to catch for a... (more)