I got a few photos of this K-line stacker in the afternoon across Iowa in the early 90s. This must have been somewhat of a normal train in the CNW days. Here the stacker cuts the yard in half as t... (more)

Spent many days as a young man down at Beverly watching the CNW. The days of left-hand running and running like hell are long gone. Back in 1991, the sun came out for a couple of westbounds. Here ... (more)

Back in 1993, the Cedar River flooded out the CNW mainline around Cedar Rapids. Mainline trains ended up making the slow 8.6-mile trek through downtown Cedar Rapids for a few days on the once orig... (more)

Back in 1993, the Cedar River flooded out the CNW mainline around Cedar Rapids. Mainline trains ended up making the slow 8.6-mile trek through downtown Cedar Rapids for a few days on the once orig... (more)

How high is the water, Momma? Everybody fought high water in 1993. Crazy detours and disruptions were the name of the game in late spring. Here the Cedar River is up to the bridge as a westbou... (more)

CN 5433 (Ex-Oakway, EMD SD60) on L56391 17 pulls a cut of boxcars out from International Paper on the last remaining stretch of Waterloo, Cedar Falls, & Northern trackage in the Cedar Rapids area.

NS 4016 & 1013 lead X33781 into downtown Cedar Rapids as they prepare to cut 40 hoppers and bring the remaining 35 to the Quaker Oats cereal plant. As you may have guessed, these hoppers are full ... (more)

CN 5346 (EMD SD40-2W) and 5456 (EMD SD60) lead L56391-22 southbound at H Ave NE in Cedar Rapids, IA, passing by the iconic (or "eye"-conic?) Fox Eye sign just off of interstate 380. Take... (more)

A pair of SD40Ns lead YCR53 11 timetable westbound (southbound) toward Beverly Yard with their train of interchange traffic from North Yard. The cut of Deeres being up front really made my day. Ta... (more)

IANR 451 sits waiting, tied down at the boat ramp just north of UP's North Yard. Taken on the IANR Cedar Rapids Subdivision on 8/11/23.

Back in 1993, the Cedar River flooded out the CNW mainline around Cedar Rapids. Mainline trains ended up making the slow trek thru downtown Cedar Rapids for a few days. Later this day, the trains ... (more)

Just a few minutes after sunset on a frigid January evening, a Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railroad local is working customers in one of the industrial parks south of downtown. The railroad has a uni... (more)

IC 3107, 6200, & GTW 4900 scurry past the landmark is the rather flashy, Rick's Auto Sales lot car-topped signage. Tonight, the IC 3107 leads the charge in front of the Cedar Rapids to Manchester,... (more)

UP's Big Boy excursion train crosses the Cedar River minutes before arriving at its overnight stay in Beverly Yard.

On September 5, 2022, a derailment, bridge collapse and subsequent liquid asphalt spill over Spring Creek near Hampton, Iowa caused several Union Pacific trains to detour across Iowa Northern trac... (more)