With a hard winter and a pretty wet spring, the Iowa rivers and creeks have started to rise the past week as seen by the flooding in the fields south of Packard. The North Crew is about a mile fro... (more)
This is the old westbound signal for the Chicago Great Western to cross the Rock Island at Clarksville. Where the red lens once was, the North Crew is seen heading back out to the main after spott... (more)
The North Crew just got the 3pm crew aboard north of Cedar Falls, IA and is now on the move near Finchford. The train is moving along Buck Ridge Rd and will cross the West Fork of the Cedar River ... (more)
The Oelwein Job has just setout their UP traffic at the north end of Linden Yard (also called Highland Yard) in Waterloo. Once a mainline between Oelwein, IA and Kansas City, MO, this 90 pound rai... (more)
The Oelwein Job has cutoff from their train to go into the yard at Linden to pickup the UP overhead traffic. UP has a switch job based in Waterloo that services customers in Waterloo's Northeast S... (more)
With 61 loads in tow the Oelwein Job nows head for Waterloo in the late afternoon. This job went to work in Waterloo today at 11am and made a Fairbank turn. Somedays this job will run all the way ... (more)
With 26 DDG cars and 10 ethanol cars out of Fairbank, the Oelwein Job is heading back south now. This job will stop at Dunkerton and pickup 25 loads of grain before heading into Waterloo. With all... (more)
The Oelwein Job is passing one of the few old Chicago Great Western signs still left along this route. This is ex-CGW trackage between Oelwein, IA and Kansas City, MO, but ownly a handful of milea... (more)
The Manly switcher heads back to Manly with a few cars. The switcher headed down to Nora Springs today to do some work and meet the North Job. This job usually hangs around Manly to do work mainly... (more)
The North Job crosses the ICE's line north out of Mason City at Plymouth Jct. This is where the ICE gets on the IANR to bypass a track arrangement in Mason City.
The North Job exits Manly Yard and heads south from the northern most point on the railroad.
The Manly Job works next to the brand new loading racks. The racks had been placed into service less than a week earlier.
The South Crew is just about done with their work at LaPorte City. Every night this job runs out of Waterloo at 7pm and makes a Cedar Rapids flip using 2 crews. This is the northbound crew heading... (more)
