IATR steeple cab electric #50 is tied up for the day outside the AGP facility after the crew finished serving the industry.

Locomotives:
IATR 50 BLW Steeple Cab

The Iowa Traction Railroad BLW steeple cab electric number 50 heads past the AGP corn processing plant after shoving in a cut of covered hoppers.

Locomotives:
IATR 50 BLW Steeple Cab

The Iowa Traction railroad uses BLW steeple cab electric number 50 to shove a large cut of covered hoppers into the AGP corn processing facility in Mason City, Iowa.

Locomotives:
IATR 5... (more)

If you haven’t seen the Iowa Traction RR. in person you might not believe it really exists. This Iowa shortline is the operating remnant of a genuine beside the road electric interurban right ou... (more)

Iowa Traction RR IATR 54 is tied down at Mason City outside the AGP elevator on the south end of town.

Iowa Traction RR IATR 50 is tied down at Mason City on the main outside the UP interlocking. IATR built for the Washington & Old Dominion in 1920 and spent time on the Cedar Rapids & Iowa City and... (more)

Iowa Traction RR IATR 50 is tied down at Mason City on the main outside the UP interlocking. IATR built for the Washington & Old Dominion in 1920 and spent time on the Cedar Rapids & Iowa City and... (more)

Iowa Traction RR IATR 54 is tied down at Mason City outside the AGP elevator on the south end of town.

Iowa Traction 51 is down on its knees pulling a long cut of loaded hoppers upgrade. When the rear end clears the switch, IATR 60 will tie onto the rear car, pull the drag back down the hill, then... (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.

Another timeless workday on the Iowa Traction begins with a pickup off the ICE interchange (seen on the right track), motor #54 with it's distinctive headlamps backs into the siding where sister #... (more)

Only In Iowa: In Mason City, Iowa, the tradition of traction railroading rolls on at the Iowa Traction Railroad, as ITRR 54 rolls around the curve near the Union Pacific Interchange in August 2010... (more)