Street Steeplecab. On Saturday, June 22, 2024, the Shore Line Trolley Museum held their annual Museum in Motion event prior to opening for the season the next day. The event included tw... (more)

Cornwall on the Curve. On Saturday, June 22, 2024, the Shore Line Trolley Museum held their annual Museum in Motion event prior to opening for the season the next day. The event include... (more)

Museum in Motion: Cornwall St. Ry. 12. On Saturday, June 22, 2024, the Shore Line Trolley Museum held their annual Museum in Motion event prior to opening for the season the next day. T... (more)

Well-Travelled Survivor. Oshawa Railway steeplecab no. 18 (Baldwin-Westinghouse, 1918) is seen resting at the Connecticut Trolley Museum. Originally built for the Auburn & Syracuse Rail... (more)

Built in 1917.

A crew member uncouples a cut of cars from IATR #51's train near the railroad's shops. This is one of the last electric freight railroads in the country, and their fleet of 4 steeplecabs make the ... (more)

Where else can you find historic steeplecabs pulling freight in the United States? The answer: no where. The Iowa Traction Railroad is one of the last electric freight operations in the country. T... (more)

The middle of summer in America's heartland.

IATR 54 brings a cut of three covered hoppers up to the DM&E interchange from the AGP feed mill.

Two of IATR's Baldwin-Westinghouse steeplecabs meet on the siding near Clear Lake Junction, near the DM&E interchange.

Iowa Traction 54 pulls a cut of three covered hoppers out of the AGP spur while sister 60 sits idle nearby. IATR 54 is a 50-ton steeplecab that was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in May 1923 as ... (more)

IATR 50 passes through a residential area on the outskirts of Mason City, heading east towards the DM&E interchange. The Iowa Traction is the last interuban freight railroad operating in the ... (more)

IATR 50 creeps up to Bridge #2, which is currently out of service - trains don't normally travel this far west into Clear Lake. This was a special photo charter on the IATR in October 2010.

IATR 50 has a short freight train on the main line, and CNS&M 727 has just left the carbarn at Emery (IATR owner Dave Johnson is at the controls). The Iowa Traction is the last operating interurb... (more)

IATR 54 hauls a short freight consist over Bridge No. 1 near the AGP plant in Mason City. IATR 54 is a 50-ton steeplecab built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in May 1923, #56538, as Southern Iowa Rail... (more)