With the official takeover date of March 1, 2025, I have been out trying to shoot the Iowa Northern as the CN makes changes to the railroad. Job changes came first in March, and now power changes ... (more)
A shortage of crew caused the IANR not to run a Butler to Manly job on Wednesday to position power for the normal job on Thursday. That meant the crew had to run north to Manly on Thursday. Here t... (more)
The Butler to Manly job creeps through Greene as they make their way north on the Manly Sub. The hefty train has cars for the CPKC at Nora Springs and a lot of cars for Manly. Guess the Manly elev... (more)
An oddball set of power trundles through the Iowa Countryside. Locals have no idea how much this railroad provided a competitive advantage to agricultural shippers... and by proxy, their own crop... (more)
