Ethanol has brought this section of the CGW back to life. Here, the westbound Iowa Northern Oelwein Job passes ethanol & dried distillers grain hoppers on it's way out of town. With most of the ... (more)
Iowa Northern 3811 leans to the left as it hits a low spot in the track north of Nora Springs. Traffic on the Iowa Northern has grown significantly with the boom in ethanol production.
The North Crew is tied down for the holiday at the north end Clarksville. This job normally would be moving with 1 crew ever 8 hours, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week between Waterloo and Manly, but ... (more)
A late South Crew is making a rare daylight trip to Cedar Rapids today. The line south of Waterloo is still a hard line to shoot daylight trains on. The IANR had 5 of these GP20's rebuilt by NRE a... (more)
The Iowa Northern ran a couple tractor trains from Waterloo, IA to Cedar Rapids, IA in 2004. The IANR received the trains from the UP at Waterloo and delivered the trains back to UP at Cedar Rapid... (more)