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)

Only 10 minutes behind the CN local 571, the IANR's North Crew splits from the CN at Cedar Falls and head north on the Manly Sub next to a partly frozen Cedar River. The job is a healthy 88 cars t... (more)

With cold weather and snow, railroading is starting to slow down in the Midwest. That means trains are becoming later too. As is the case today with a late South Crew heading back to Waterloo. The... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew swing around the curve on the southside of Shell Rock. The job is a healthy 88 cars today mainly made up of CP empties bound for Nora Springs, IANR empties, and a fe... (more)

IANR 4001 brings a plow extra for the CIC through downtown Cedar Rapids having just entered CIC property. The plow is enroute to the Amana Line which has rumored locomotive high drifts between Wal... (more)

On the cold, snowy morning of Saturday, February 6, 2021, IANR 458 leads CRWA north at Edgewood Rd. along the Cedar River with a large cut of empty flat cars. Their track warrant is between Linn a... (more)

A few days ago a blizzard hit Central and Eastern Iowa leaving the entire area covered in another blanket of snow making drifts of 3ft+. With the CRANDIC attempting to plow the line themselves and... (more)

Iowa Northern's "south job" had quite the power lash-up on this snowy December day. Pictured here are IANR 3810 (GP38-2), 4003 (GP40-2LW), 3955 (slug), 3956 (slug), 461 (F40PHR), 3806 (GP38-2), 38... (more)

IANR 4002, IANR 3953 (slug), and GMTX 2276 pull the south job back north across the Cedar River. The interesting curved bridge is the new stretch of hwy 100 from hwy 30 to Cedar Rapids, IA. Just t... (more)

IANR 4001 leads the "South Job" northbound past the Vinton depot, on its way to Waterloo, Iowa. Called by many names, this is the old Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway de... (more)

A rare evening IANR South Job extra run to CR turned even better when a thunderstorm produced a shelf cloud as a backdrop! An Iowa storm front and a train is something I’ve wanted to catch for a... (more)

The Iowa Northern's north crew is working north on the Manly Sub a few miles outside of Cedar Falls. The crew has a bunch of power out of Bryant Yard, which includes the head 3 motors for the Butl... (more)

Back in 2019 the Iowa Northern went out for the 3rd time in late February with their new Jordan Spreader. The 1st 2 times they did the Manly Sub around Nora Springs. Today's agenda was the Oelwein... (more)

Back in 2019 the Iowa Northern went out for the 3rd time in late February with their new Jordan Spreader. The 1st 2 times they did the Manly Sub around Nora Springs. Today's agenda was the Oelwein... (more)