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On the other side of town |
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The big show in Waterloo was the Chicago Central & Pacific, which was quite busy the day I was there. On my way out toward Mason City, I caught this Iowa Northern train, doing its best to impersonate a BN local. IANR would later have a very attractive scheme, but for now, it was a pair of BN geeps to work its piece of the ex Rock. ***UPDATE for early 2024*** CN is acquiring the IANR, so that road will now become a fallen flag. |
| Photo Date: |
6/22/1987 Upload Date: 5/7/2015 4:48:01 AM |
| Location: |
Waterloo, IA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
IANR 1856(GP9) IANR 1894(GP9) |
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Working local |
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Iowa Northern local works a lumber yard before heading out of town. It runs a segment of the Roc”!Island, one of many that found life as a short line after the Rocks 1980 demise. |
| Photo Date: |
6/22/1987 Upload Date: 5/7/2015 4:50:01 AM |
| Location: |
Waterloo, IA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
IANR 1856(GP9) IANR 1894(GP9) |
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467 Comments: 0 |
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Iowa Northern (IANR) |
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For years, the IANR got by with these two geeps. Their arrival at the CNW Cedar Rapids yard was a regular occurance. Today, they are parked behind our rail anchor pile (I was on the track crew in this yard at the time). |
| Photo Date: |
9/9/1989 Upload Date: 7/14/2014 9:02:41 PM |
| Location: |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
| Author: |
John Schumann |
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| Locomotives: |
IANR 1894(GP9) IANR 1856(GP9) |
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883 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
IANR 1856 & 1894 |
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In the early days, Iowa Northern struggled to stay afloat. For quite a while, they ran these 2 Geeps as main power, after a host of ex Rock Island EMDs failed and were struck on deadlines around the system. When I was a trackman for CNW, the arrival of IANR in the CNW Cedar Rapids yard was an every-other day occurance, always behind these 2 units. IANR chalked in small letters on the hoods was the only indicator of the owner. |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/1989 Upload Date: 11/25/2010 11:08:32 AM |
| Location: |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
| Author: |
John Schumann |
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| Locomotives: |
IANR 1856(GP9) IANR 1894(GP9) |
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