UP suffered a major derailment on their Mason City Sub at Hampton, IA, on Labor Day. While cleanup takes place, the Iowa Northern has taken a bunch of southbound detours from Manly to Cedar Rapids... (more)

The official takeover date was somewhat around March 1st for CN. Now this week, things are slowly starting to take off, and organization is beginning. I saw the Manly to Butler was southbound ... (more)

The CN gave the IANR these 3 ACs a couple of days ago for the release of a 100-car-loaded soybean meal train out of Shell Rock Soy Processing at Butler. Now with the BUWA crew onboard, the train b... (more)

The Butler Job has begun the duties tonight to get all the business switched out here at Butler before heading to Waterloo. It is crazy all the business that keeps coming to this area between Clar... (more)

The Iowa Northern's Butler Facility is growing into quite a place north of Shell Rock. The ethanol plant was the 1st thing to come here around 2008, and now there are a few more places, and more b... (more)

The Iowa Northern has done alot of expanding at their Butler Yard. When I was chasing the North Crew I surprised how much trackage and business has gone in on the westside to the right. Butler Yar... (more)

The Iowa Northern recieves potash trains from the UP at Manly, IA, bound from Waterloo, IA. These train over the years has seen many different types of power. This cold January day the empties hea... (more)

4 40's pound out of Butler as they make their way north back to the DM&E at Nora Springs, IA. This train came out of the ethanol plant at Fairbank, IA. The DM&E power was added at Waterloo, IA, fo... (more)

The 14:00 North crew is working at Butler Yard building a 117 car ethanol train for the Canadian National at Waterloo. Here the crew spots the last empties at the plant before heading out to the m... (more)

3 GP 38's lay over at the north end of the yard at Butler. This area has changed quite a bit in the last couple years with the addition fo the ethanol plant and all the yard track put in to handle... (more)

5 GP 38's begin the task of putting together a 80 car ethanol train heading for the CN in Waterloo. The train is working at the Butler ethanol plant located about 5 miles north of Shell Rock. This... (more)

Back in 2000 the Iowa Northern wasn't doing as well as it is today. Power shortage cause the IANR to borrow power from the IMRL to help out. Here couple leased units power the North Crew towards M... (more)

Work is done for the day for the Oelwein Job. They brought cars out of Oelwein, Fairbank, and Dunkerton today for the CN and UP. Now the power will layover here at the new siding named Bulter. The... (more)

I agree with someone's thought they put on this unit, it is a pretty dirty. These F40's the Iowa Northern newly acquired are fitting in well with the increase of traffic this shortline is experien... (more)

Empty grain hoppers for different elevators along the IANR and loaded ethanol for the ICE or UP make up the north trip of the North Crew tonight. The train is rolling along at 25mph as they make t... (more)