The South Crew has just finished up their work at La Porte and is heading back to their train south of town. Today's south crew has 6 units for power due to the tonnage on the south trip last nigh... (more)

As Iowa prepares for the 1st major winter storm of the season, the IANR's South Crew is about done for the day at Bryant Yard. Conductor Shane Dolan works thru the heavy snow as he is about to jum... (more)

The South Crew heads back towards Waterloo today with 2 CDAC units and 3 cars. This job normally would have the power in a push-pull mode due to the bridge still out to get over to the CRANDIC in ... (more)

The south crew is down to a crawl as they climb out of the Cedar River near 42nd St in northern Cedar Rapids. Engineer Bob Helling is back try to keep the 1792 running to make it over the grade. T... (more)

The South Crew rolls thru the country side between La Porte and Mt Auburn. This end of the railroad was normally nocturnal until mid-June when the floods took out the Waterloo Cedar River bridge c... (more)

Traffic has been lite for the South Crew since June due to the IANR being cut in half by the flood damage to the bridge in Waterloo. This job normally ran 7 nights a week to Cedar Rapids, but now ... (more)

The South Crew has 20 load of grain as they roll south towards Vinton, the next stop. Due to the CRANDIC bridge out at Cedar Rapids the IANR has to do a couple push-pull moves in CR to get over to... (more)

A late South Crew is making a rare daylight trip to Cedar Rapids today. The line south of Waterloo is still a hard line to shoot daylight trains on. The IANR had 5 of these GP20's rebuilt by NRE a... (more)

The South Crew rolls pass the old Rock Island depot at La Porte. With the Cedar River Bridge still out in Waterloo, this end of the railroad isn't seeing alot of traffic. When this job does run it... (more)

This shot is less than a mile away from the house where I grew up watching Iowa Northern trains go by since 1982. I finally got a shot of these old signals that have been watching the same trains ... (more)

The South Crew is heading back north towards Waterloo. The "South Crew" job is really 2 crews out of Waterloo that makes a Cedar Rapids flip 7 nights a week. One crew runs south out of Waterloo to... (more)

The South Crew has one of their newest additions to the roster on the point today heading back north. The Iowa Northern is getting more units to help with the increase in traffic on their line. Th... (more)

With 91 cars in tow, the South crew is moving along between Mt. Auburn and La Porte City. 2 F40's and 3 GP 38-2 power the train north. The South Crew had a late start out of Cedar Rapids, IA, so t... (more)

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)