The Iowa Traction is running around Mason City on a very cold day. The crew has just grabbed 20 empties from the CP and is now heading for the AGP plant to get them switched. The crew just got don... (more)

Iowa Traction Railway Company electric-powered 50-Ton Steeplecab locomotive 54, built in 1923 by General Electric; has just arrived and the crew has pulled down it trolley pole. IATR 54 was origi... (more)

Iowa Traction steeplecab #54 sits in a moment of sun (with dark clouds behind) in the railroad's yard in Mason City.

Two of Iowa Traction's active roster of three Baldwin Westinghouse steeplecabs are seen in a HOT (head-on-telephoto) in the railroad's Mason City Yard, Mason City, Iowa, 9/25/23. The 50, on the r... (more)

On a day that only its two sisters (50 and 51) would work, Iowa Traction Baldwin Westinghouse Steeplecab 54 sits in the tall grass of the IATR's main yard in Mason City.

The Last Interurban: In a scene unique to the Iowa Traction Railway, the setting sun highlights the maze of poles and overhead trolley wire in the Emery yard, as IATR 54, the railroads newe... (more)

Iowa Traction Railway Company Steeple Cab #54 and crew collect an empty ceterbean car from the Red Diamond Processing & Packaging siding, in Mason City, Iowa. No. 54 is one of many 100+ year old t... (more)

An Iowa Traction steeple cab electric moves tank cars around at the transload facility next to the railroad's engine terminal building.

Locomotives:
IATR 54 BLW Steeple Cab

Approaching Benjamin Avenue along 19th Street in Mason City, Iowa, is Iowa Traction No. 54 hauling six gons to their yard and shops at Emery on the west side of town on April 15, 2008.

A six-car Iowa Traction freight passes the Budweiser distributer at 19th Street and Benjamin Avenue in Mason City, Iowa, on April 15, 2008. The train is powered by Baldwin-Westinghouse steeple cab... (more)

Iowa Traction RR IATR 54 is tied down at Mason City outside the AGP elevator on the south end of town.

Iowa Traction RR IATR 54 is tied down at Mason City outside the AGP elevator on the south end of town.

Iowa Traction Railway steeple cab No. 54 switches the AGP bean plant in Mason City, Iowa, on April 15, 2008. The size of the 50-ton electric locomotive built in 1920 is dwarfed by the modern cover... (more)

Iowa Traction Railway No. 54 pulls cars out of the AGP bean plant across 19th Street in Mason City, Iowa, on April 15, 2008. On the right is motor No. 60 with a train on the “main line.”