Loads coming in for crew change.

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)

The Cedar River local now has 2 crews that work mainly Monday thru Friday. There is really no set time for start times or dedicated work for either job, so you never know when they will show up ar... (more)

Morning time at the Waterloo roundhouse. If things are on time, most mornings will find the most power at Waterloo as the railroad prepares for the normal departures of trains. On the far left wil... (more)

The evening local at Waterloo has arrived over at John Deeres on the Deere's Industrial Lead. The job normally will base its operation here on the Cedar River Bridge. The job will go and do Northl... (more)

The Iowa Northern Waterloo Switcher has cleared up at the CN interchange so the CN can run a train by them. A loaded ethanol train rolls into Waterloo at Jaxton and by the IANR. The IANR will come... (more)

A pair of CSX SD40's was team up with another CSX unit to power this unit ethanol train out of Waterloo. Carman heads for the cab of this U704 to give them an air slip to depart. On the left 338 i... (more)

I-11 looking train begins the trip out of Waterloo bound for Council Bluffs. The train passes thru Susie on the west end of double track at Waterloo. 3 IC 38's help out this aged Paducah. Back in ... (more)

A CN empty ethanol train crosses over a small creek as it approaches Waterloo, Iowa with a rainbow lashup led by one of the few C44-9WL's remaining in BCOL paint. .

Locomotives:
BCOL 464... (more)

The air conditioning is on full blast for the crew of an Iowa Northern Railway freight as it departs Waterloo and heads towards the Cedar River bridge powered by two GP40-2W mother-slug sets.
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The CN cut in new signals here at Jaxton last week for the upcoming PTC cutover. Back in 2000 a fairly new IC SD70 heads up a loaded grain train here at Susie. The station name Susie was changed t... (more)

U705 heads west across a creek in Waterloo as it approaches the yard with a colorful lash-up.

U705 heads west through Waterloo with one of three BC Rail painted C44-9WL's in charge.

CN SD75I 5761 departs Waterloo with a westbound ethanol train.

The boys and I gave chase to the Iowa Northern's North Crew out of Bryant as they headed for points north. We had fun waiting along the Cedar River playing and hanging out. Here the boys give the ... (more)