In somewhat odd circumstances today....the Iowa Northern helped out the CRANDIC Railroad to plow open their Amana Line so the IAIS could get service back between Cedar Rapids and South Amana. With... (more)
Alittle heritage can still be found along the Iowa Northern's Oelwein Sub between Waterloo and Oelwein. This was the Chicago Great Western's mainline to Kansas City from Oelwein. The CGW once had ... (more)
The Iowa Northern's Jordan works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. Past Fairbank the trains haven't been over the line since the last wind storm. The drifts were pretty minor for the middl... (more)
The Iowa Northern's Jordan Spreader is at the end of the line. They are a few miles north of Oelwein and stopped short of highway 3. North of here is just the elevator tracks for Viafield on this ... (more)
CN finally found some people and power today to run an extra plow job out of Waterloo. The crew is working drifts on the Dubuque Sub to Manchester and the Cedar Rapids Sub to Cedar Rapids. The dri... (more)