IATR 50 passes through a residential area on the outskirts of Mason City, heading east towards the DM&E interchange. The Iowa Traction is the last interuban freight railroad operating in the ... (more)

IATR 50 creeps up to Bridge #2, which is currently out of service - trains don't normally travel this far west into Clear Lake. This was a special photo charter on the IATR in October 2010.

IATR 50 has a short freight train on the main line, and CNS&M 727 has just left the carbarn at Emery (IATR owner Dave Johnson is at the controls). The Iowa Traction is the last operating interurb... (more)

IATR 54 hauls a short freight consist over Bridge No. 1 near the AGP plant in Mason City. IATR 54 is a 50-ton steeplecab built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in May 1923, #56538, as Southern Iowa Rail... (more)

The headquarters of the IATR is in Emery, where No. 54 is seen with a short freight consist during a photo charter in October 2010. IATR 54 is a 50-ton steeplecab built by Baldwin-Westinghouse ... (more)

IATR 54 was built in 1923 for the Southern Iowa Railway. Three years shy of its 90th birthday, it's still going strong on the Iowa Traction. Thanks to Steve Glischinski for setting this up. Lig... (more)

Two steeplecabs pose for photos during a Steve Glischinki photo charter on the Iowa Traction Railroad. Lighting by Chris Guss and Steve Smedley

IATR 60, a Baldwin-Westinghouse steeplecab dating from 1917, is at its maximum capacity hauling three loaded hoppers out of the AGP feed mill at Mason City.

IATR 50 and 60 are parked near the AGP feed mill in Mason City while the crew has a job briefing.

Former Mason City & Clear Lake No. 52 - now IATR 60 - works the AGP Feed Mill trackage at Mason City. This unit was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in 1917 and is still used in freight service some... (more)

Baldwin-Westinghouse No. 54 shoves cars into the AGP elevator at Mason City on the frozen-in-time Iowa Traction Railroad.

87 years old and still kicking! IATR 54, built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in May 1923 for the Southern Iowa Railway, waits for a call to duty at Mason City, Iowa.

Plug and Play: Just like modern plug and play software on a computer, all it takes to start Iowa Traction Railroad 54 for a day of work is contact with live wire. With that she's ready to kick car... (more)

Is This Heaven?: It's another day in Mason City, Iowa, as Iowa Traction No. 54 gets to work at the AGP Mill. In 2010 the sight of an 80 year old electric kicking cars could remind someone of the o... (more)

IATR 54 wheels across 19th street with 3 loaded cars for the ICE. Amazing to see in this day and age this turn of the 20th century technology.