Code Blue. With an air temperature hovering around -3, Iowa Northern train BUWA (Butler to Waterloo) is slowly making its way south through the small town of Shell Rock, Iowa. IANR 451, 395... (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)

Iowa Northern's Butler to Waterloo job backs out of the CN yard at Waterloo after a pickup and setout. This job normally goes to work at 9am and works south handling all the traffic from Butler an... (more)

IANR 451 sits waiting, tied down at the boat ramp just north of UP's North Yard. Taken on the IANR Cedar Rapids Subdivision on 8/11/23.

Conductor JWill takes IANR's Oelwein turn northbound just outside of Dunkerton, IA at E Big Rock Rd on ex-CGW trackage on the D&W Railroad's Oelwein Subdivision (operated by IANR).

The IANR had to use the normal 20:00 Butler crew to run the Oelwein Job the night before. The normal Oelwein Crew had to do some plowing. That now means the 8am Butler crew had to come to the CN o... (more)

IANR company special (school reunion) is arriving in Manly and will jump on UP for a few blocks to reach their own yard. Curious how CN will utilize these trackage rights, say, to access the Twin... (more)

Passenger extra to Manly.

A company special is crossing over from the ex-CRIP across the UP to IANR's yard in Manly.

A southbound Iowa Northern Railway freight led by EMD GP38-2 No. 3800 meets IANR No. 461 at Greene, Iowa, on May 21, 2014. EMD F40M-2F No. 461 is a rebuilt Amtrak F40PH (former No. 266) that was a... (more)

With cold weather and snow, railroading is starting to slow down in the Midwest. That means trains are becoming later too. As is the case today with a late South Crew heading back to Waterloo. The... (more)

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)

The Iowa Northern's North crew is heading out of Waterloo bound for the Manly Sub with 42 empty covered hoppers and 27 miscellaneous freight. Here the job works over the CN North Industrial Lead f... (more)

The Iowa Northern has done alot of expanding at their Butler Yard. When I was chasing the North Crew I surprised how much trackage and business has gone in on the westside to the right. Butler Yar... (more)

One thing about Midwest winter's is things get screwed up and late. As is the case today as Caleb and I braved the cold weather to chase the South Crew back towards Waterloo. This is normally an o... (more)