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)

Look closely, and you can tell if Iowa Traction Railway Company 50 is pulling or shoving these covered hoppers at the AGP elevator. Note that the trolley pole at the front of the locomotive is ra... (more)

Two of Iowa Traction Railway Company's electric-powered 50-Ton Steeplecab locomotives …

IATR 54, built in 1923 by General Electric; has just arrived and the crew has pulled down it t... (more)

Union Pacific SD40-2 1947 hauls three tank cars to the north end of the small yard in Mason City IA. Now classed as an SD40N by UP, this locomotive was built as UP SD40-2 3195 in August 1972. UP... (more)

The Iowa Traction Railway Company (reporting mark IATR) is a class III common carrier shortline railroad, operating 10.4 miles (16.7 km) of track connecting Mason City and Clear Lake, Iowa. Howev... (more)

Built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in May 1921 as Northeast Oklahoma Railroad 2, this 50-Ton Steeplecab electric locomotive was later owned by Cedar Rapids and Iowa City as their number 40. It passed ... (more)

IATR 51 and 54 sit in the yard in Mason City. The warm morning sun hits the Steeple cabs before the crews get to the power and start the day.

Early in the workday, the sun is still low but crews are hard at work moving freight on the Iowa Traction. 100 year old plus electric motors show no sign of yielding to more common shortline power... (more)

Iowa Traction 51 pulls a cut of cars east towards its two Class One interchanges, crossing Eisenhower on the way.

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.

Minutes before a crew member will climb aboard and get 51 started for the day's work, it finishes its slumber in Mason City.

An absolutely gorgeous July morning presented the opportunity to shoot Iowa Traction Railway's (IATR) #50 shifting out the AGP (Ag Processing, Inc.) soybean processing plant in Mason City, Iowa. #... (more)

An absolutely gorgeous July morning presented the opportunity to shoot Iowa Traction Railway's (IATR) #50 shifting out the AGP (Ag Processing, Inc.)soybean processing plant in Mason City, Iowa. #5... (more)