The Marquette to Mason City local is at the bottom of the 1st grade west of New Hampton on the IMRL 4th Sub. The train is about 40 miles from the destination at Mason City. The IMRL has a 3 "... (more)
An eastbound Mason City to Marquette freight sits in the siding at New Hampton waiting on a meet back in 2002. Engineer Amundson and Assistant Engineer Galkin talk over whatever as they wait. The ... (more)
An eastbound bound for Chicago is about to cross the BNSF Aurora Sub at Savanna. The IMRL's only F45 leads the train. These train would runs from the yard at Nahant in Davenport to the BRC Clearin... (more)
Got a few slides from this great chase of train 377M06, the Marquette to Mason City freight, from Marquette west towards Mason. The train had pretty wild consist for the IMRL in 1998. I don't reme... (more)
Train 377M06, Marquette to Mason City freight, beats hard as they climb the Monona Hill near MP11, west of Marquette The only F45 the IMRL had didn't make out to Mason City alot, so it's an awesom... (more)