Iowa Northern GP38-2 no. 3800 heads a freight southeast through Rockford, Iowa past the former Rock Island depot. The train is operating on Rock Island's former Manly, Ia. to Cedar Rapids line. Th... (more)
The 14:00 North crew is working at Butler Yard building a 117 car ethanol train for the Canadian National at Waterloo. Here the crew spots the last empties at the plant before heading out to the m... (more)
3 GP 38's lay over at the north end of the yard at Butler. This area has changed quite a bit in the last couple years with the addition fo the ethanol plant and all the yard track put in to handle... (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)