Is that enough horsepower?

A pair of Iowa Northern MP2000D locomotives have no shortage of horsepower pulling a pair of cars along Canadian National tracks in north Waterloo, Iowa. The locomotives have been in storage for more than 2 years due to their cost of operation but a locomotive shortage forced Iowa Northern to put them back in service.

Out in the cold

Iowa Northern Railway 678 spent many years hauling passengers for Amtrak when it was numbered 241. Today it still hauls passengers as it pulls the Hawkeye Express train to University of Iowa home football games and in December for the Snowflake Express. Most of the year the locomotive and its passenger cars can be seen sitting at Bryant Yard in Waterloo, Iowa as it is this particular day in a snow storm.

Hauling the Goods...

Iowa Northern train passes the former Rock Island Railroad depot in Vinton, Iowa.

In Motion

A Iowa Northern freight train led by a former Amtrak passenger locomotives travels through Waterloo on a cloudy and rainy day.

Hawkeye Express

Cars of the Hawkeye Express sitting at Iowa Northern's Bryant Yard in Waterloo, Iowa.

Iowa Northern Train in Waterloo, Iowa

Iowa Northern train led by locomotive 1501 leads a train on a cloudy Sunday afternoon a year ago on July 15, 2016 Waterloo, Iowa.

Boy Scouts learn about trains

Iowa Northern Railway locomotive 678, former Amtrak F40PHR 241 is on display while employees of the railroad explain how a railroad works in Waterloo, Iowa.