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By:John Schumann
Dates:1/1/1981 - 3/30/2022
Album Info:Off the beaten path in the Hawkeye State, 1981 onwards.
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Keota-Washington Transportation Company
Title:  Keota-Washington Transportation Company
Description:  Keota-Washington Transportation Company. By this point, they were semi-abandoned, but still moved some grain from the elevator at Wellsburg. This was in the 40' boxcar days.
Photo Date:  7/10/1982  Upload Date: 11/22/2007 1:18:37 PM
Location:  Iowa Falls, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  KW 150(GP7) KW 151(GP7)
Views:  1610   Comments: 5
Keota-Washington Transportation Co
Title:  Keota-Washington Transportation Co
Description:  I found another negative (buried somewhere it shouldn't have been) of KWTC.
Photo Date:  7/10/1982  Upload Date: 1/21/2017 10:42:32 AM
Location:  Iowa Falls, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  639   Comments: 1
The Prairie of Atlantic
Title:  The Prairie of Atlantic
Description:  On the prowl for IAIS, I stumbled upon #18 instead. Owned by a family in Atlantic, she was fired up on special occasions and run on a siding in town. This engine was never part of the Purple Martin train. After years of outside storage had taken a huge toll, #18 eventually was sent to be stored in a shed on the Fremont & Elkhorn Valley. The demise of the FEVR has made its storage site a big question mark.
Photo Date:  5/2/1987  Upload Date: 1/15/2017 10:29:47 AM
Location:  Atlantic, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FLAL 18(2-6-2)
Views:  552   Comments: 1
KEWH 103
Title:  KEWH 103
Description:  Kewash RR 103 awaits a call to duty that won't come. Line ran ex RI Keota-Washington, but quit 12/1988. 103 is now on DSRC.
Photo Date:  5/10/1987  Upload Date: 11/22/2007 1:17:23 PM
Location:  Keota, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KEWH 103(S3)
Views:  1176   Comments: 1
MWC 0
Title:  MWC 0
Description:  Midwest Central's un-numbered 45 tonner is actually pulling a 3-foot gauge tender on dual gauge track.
Photo Date:  5/10/1987  Upload Date: 11/23/2007 6:48:58 PM
Location:  Mount Pleasant, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MWC 0(45 Tonner)
Views:  1805   Comments: 0
Grabbing a SW1 in Dubuque
Title:  Grabbing a SW1 in Dubuque
Description:  Caught this SW1 as a last second shot before they disappeared. No other info, I'm afraid...
Photo Date:  8/16/1987  Upload Date: 3/23/2024 8:14:51 PM
Location:  Dubuque, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  37   Comments: 0
IANR deadline
Title:  IANR deadline
Description:  In the 80s, Iowa Northern was like a ghost to me-couldn't seem to find them running. By this time, the original ex Rock Island equipment had largely died mechanical deaths, and this deadline in Vinton was the norm. I was waiting for a train, that wound up skunking me by going northbound.
Photo Date:  8/22/1987  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 1:20:43 PM
Location:  Vinton, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IANR 361(GP40)
Views:  1208   Comments: 1
Iowa State's GE
Title:  Iowa State's GE
Description:  ISU used this GE to move cars of Iowa soft coal to the power plant. When I caught it in my sophmore year at ISU, it hadn't been used in a while. ISU donated it to Boone & Scenic Valley, where it morphed into "Cy" and is still in use today.
Photo Date:  11/8/1987  Upload Date: 1/16/2017 6:22:19 PM
Location:  Ames, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ISPZ 1858(45Tonner)
Views:  520   Comments: 1
CRGX 2
Title:  CRGX 2
Description:  Talk about luck-at Belmond, I found the Cargill switcher tugging a mass load of MT hoppers to the elevator.
Photo Date:  4/12/1988  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 12:10:58 PM
Location:  Belmond, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRGX 2(45Tonner)
Views:  954   Comments: 1
Cargill 481
Title:  Cargill 481
Description:  Back in "The Day", elevators were a great place to find the old & rare. This 44 tonner switched the Cargill elevator in Algona. Donated to FEVR in Fremont, NE, it got cut up last year after FEVR went under.
Photo Date:  4/22/1988  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 9:29:17 AM
Location:  Algona, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRGX 481(44 Tonner)
Views:  794   Comments: 0
Big 6 Coop HH660
Title:  Big 6 Coop HH660
Description:  Until 1999, Big 6 Coop used this HH660 to switch their elevator. Unit was sold to GSSM in Mankato, where it is currently o/s and possibly facing scrap.
Photo Date:  4/22/1988  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 9:28:09 AM
Location:  Burt, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LO 604(HH660)
Views:  1915   Comments: 3
IATR heads to Clear Lake
Title:  IATR heads to Clear Lake
Description:  This was shot shortly after the IATR returned the Clear Lake line to service. For years, nothing had run due to washouts and track conditions. They are hauling in ethanol to the Williams facility in Clear Lake, having finished trackwork only a month before. Only reason I knew about this was work-I had been up interviewing with the track contractor a couple of months earlier.
Photo Date:  8/28/1989  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 10:48:15 AM
Location:  Clear Lake, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IATR 51(Steeple Cab)
Views:  438   Comments: 1
IATR 54
Title:  IATR 54
Description:  Crew has brought a load of scrap up to the interchange, and has tied down to wait for a CNW train, from what I remember.
Photo Date:  8/28/1989  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 10:48:52 AM
Location:  Mason City, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IATR 54(Steeple Cab)
Views:  500   Comments: 1
IATR 727
Title:  IATR 727
Description:  This was a HUH moment. A local museum was running 727 on the IATR tracks, special excursion or something like that. I had no idea in was there and it took me by surprise.
Photo Date:  8/28/1989  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 10:49:12 AM
Location:  Mason City, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IATR 727(Interurban)
Views:  754   Comments: 0
RE 803
Title:  RE 803
Description:  Relco 803 held down the assignment at the huge elevator in Williams for many years.
Photo Date:  9/12/1989  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 9:31:11 AM
Location:  Williams, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RE 803(S2)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
IANR 1856 & 1894
Title:  IANR 1856 & 1894
Description:  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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IANR 1856(GP9) IANR 1894(GP9)
Views:  1303   Comments: 2
Last CNW freight Fs on the property?
Title:  Last CNW freight Fs on the property?
Description:  An A-B set in the Marshalltown yard in 1990; I think these were the end of freight F units on CNW (yes they still had some passenger Fs at this time).
Photo Date:  9/10/1990  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 1:05:52 PM
Location:  Marshalltown, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 217(FP7A) CNW 315(F7B)
Views:  871   Comments: 0
Bondurant Grain Express
Title:  Bondurant Grain Express
Description:  The elevator at Bondurant used this ex C&O NW2 for years. They didn't have reporting marks, so I'm reverting back to its original for addition to the site. This line was torn up several years ago, and I believe 5202 made its way to the Boone & Scenic Valley.
Photo Date:  3/16/1991  Upload Date: 1/15/2017 10:28:56 AM
Location:  Bondurant, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CO 5202(NW2)
Views:  559   Comments: 2
Leigh Cement
Title:  Leigh Cement
Description:  Leigh used this rare Whitcomb to switch the scale track at their Mason City plant.
Photo Date:  6/12/1991  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 11:09:58 AM
Location:  Mason City, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LEHX 0(80-DE-21)
Views:  1039   Comments: 1
RE 1066 switches the plant
Title:  RE 1066 switches the plant
Description:  Way back in the anhydrous plant, 1066 is switching ammonia loads. Extreme telephoto shot on a cloudy winter day. No pole filter, sorry.
Photo Date:  1/27/1992  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 10:36:07 AM
Location:  Camanche, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RE 1066(S2)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
RE 1066
Title:  RE 1066
Description:  This was the plant switcher at Arcadian's plant. Really tight shot, and of course there had to be a loading dock in the way. Listening to the burble of a turbocharged 539 was the only bright point in my day on this job....
Photo Date:  1/27/1992  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 10:36:28 AM
Location:  Camanche, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RE 1066(S2)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
Quantum Chemical 1367
Title:  Quantum Chemical 1367
Description:  Quantum has a huge plastics plant outside Camanche, that I spent better part of a year and a half working at. This switcher was the only power for all the HDPE pellet loadouts. The red box is a serious fire extinguisher-the plant worked with a lot of major flammable stuff.
Photo Date:  1/30/1992  Upload Date: 3/23/2024 8:12:27 PM
Location:  Camanche, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
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Views:  39   Comments: 0
KCS 4059
Title:  KCS 4059
Description:  In primer in the Wilson Railway Supply yard. No idea waht happened it this engine afterward. It was gone a short while later.
Photo Date:  3/22/1992  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 1:51:00 PM
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KCS 4059(F7A)
Views:  606   Comments: 0
WRC 86 at Wilson Railway
Title:  WRC 86 at Wilson Railway
Description:  Hood sections for the SW1 being rebuilt. It had a ancient radio antenna on the hood.
Photo Date:  3/22/1992  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 2:01:22 PM
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WRC 86(SW1)
Views:  294   Comments: 0
Re-engined SW1
Title:  Re-engined SW1
Description:  This engine is on this site was WRC 86. I caught it being re-engined and rewired at Wilson Railway Supply. Appears to be a early SW1. Any idea on its lineage?
Photo Date:  3/22/1992  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 1:51:26 PM
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WRC 86(SW1)
Views:  443   Comments: 2
KCS 4064
Title:  KCS 4064
Description:  Also dead in the Wilson yard, don't know what happened to this one either.
Photo Date:  3/22/1992  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 1:51:50 PM
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KCS 4064(F7A)
Views:  519   Comments: 0
Keokuk Ferro-Sil
Title:  Keokuk Ferro-Sil
Description:  GE 45 tonner #4 rests in the back part of the Keokuk Ferro-Sil steel mill. I have no idea on reporting marks. The mill occupied the southernmost part of Iowa, a spit of land that is surrounded by rivers.
Photo Date:  7/17/1992  Upload Date: 5/13/2012 6:03:54 PM
Location:  Keokuk, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FERRO 4(45Tonner)
Views:  662   Comments: 0
CIM 30
Title:  CIM 30
Description:  This picture stinks, but the subject matter defines rare. Keokuk Jct Rwy leased CIM 30 during the summer of 1992. Even parked between coal piles and truck trailers, it was still worth the shot.
Photo Date:  7/17/1992  Upload Date: 5/13/2012 6:02:49 PM
Location:  Keokuk, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CIM 30(RS1325)
Views:  620   Comments: 2
Keokuk Junction roster
Title:  Keokuk Junction roster
Description:  Stupid pole.
Photo Date:  7/17/1992  Upload Date: 5/13/2012 6:03:16 PM
Location:  Keokuk, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CIM 30(RS1325) KJRY 405(NW2)
Views:  771   Comments: 1
Burlington Junction Railway
Title:  Burlington Junction Railway
Description:  Although BJRY is well known now, they labored away virtually unknown for years. This Alco was the second engine on BJRY, with 44 ton GE #44 as the first unit. Getting a clean shot was hard in the cramped area they worked.
Photo Date:  9/15/1994  Upload Date: 5/6/2012 10:59:04 AM
Location:  Burlington, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RE 1007(S4M)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
SOO 4225
Title:  SOO 4225
Description:  The Soo Line Clinton local always ran with a Geep and a caboose. Here they are in the hole waiting for a meet.
Photo Date:  5/1/1995  Upload Date: 11/23/2007 6:45:02 PM
Location:  Clinton, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 4225(GP9)
Views:  707   Comments: 1
Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern (DRI)
Title:  Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern (DRI)
Description:  The DRI was an old-school switching & terminal road, owned by the Class 1s serving the Quad Cities. By 1995, however, mergers had reduced the owners to BN and Soo Line, so they pulled the plug on June 29, 1995. The DRI was split between the owners and ceased to exist, after 100 or so years. Here, the crew is switching their yard in the north part of Davenport, putting together a train to switch Alcoa in Bettendorf.
Photo Date:  5/11/1995  Upload Date: 7/20/2014 2:12:35 PM
Location:  Davenport, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRI 109(SW1200)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
CBGR 992 Krista
Title:  CBGR 992 Krista
Description:  At one point, this was Council Bluffs Rwy main power. 992 came to Iowa with sister 994 to work for the Colorado & Eastern's CB operation. She stayed as main power for the subsequent Council Bluffs & Ottumwa, then Great Western Rwy of Iowa d/b/a Council Bluffs Rwy.
Photo Date:  7/8/1995  Upload Date: 6/2/2013 2:29:56 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
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Views:  654   Comments: 0
CBGR 994
Title:  CBGR 994
Description:  The 994 on Council Bluffs Rwy carried CBGR marks at one point, but is now the parts unit.
Photo Date:  7/8/1995  Upload Date: 6/2/2013 2:30:28 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBGR 994(NW5)
Views:  642   Comments: 0
CBGR 714 Kira
Title:  CBGR 714 Kira
Description:  714 was under repairs when I was there. They were using their NW5 as the sole runner.
Photo Date:  7/8/1995  Upload Date: 5/3/2024 11:48:35 AM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
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Views:  33   Comments: 0
ADMX 65 ton GE
Title:  ADMX 65 ton GE
Description:  This GE was used to switch the Clinton barge port. It reportedly was actually owned by the Port.
Photo Date:  7/10/1995  Upload Date: 11/22/2007 1:16:30 PM
Location:  Clinton, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ADMX 1(65Tonner )
Views:  661   Comments: 1
WCTX 0
Title:  WCTX 0
Description:  The local Plymouth, parked next to its north facing windscreen, at West Central east of Boone.
Photo Date:  2/8/1996  Upload Date: 6/8/2013 9:23:30 AM
Location:  Jordan, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WCTX 0(MDT)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
CGCX 205
Title:  CGCX 205
Description:  When this was shot, 205 was o/s and facing a torch. Luckily, the elevator prefered to donate it than mess with cutting it up, so today 205 has morphed into showpiece M&StL 244 on the Boone & Scenic Vblley.
Photo Date:  2/8/1996  Upload Date: 6/8/2013 9:23:59 AM
Location:  Pickering, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CGCX 205(RS1)
Views:  702   Comments: 1
Worlds Dirtiest?
Title:  Worlds Dirtiest?
Description:  This is at the La Farge cement terminal in WDM. I have no other info on this unit, except it being a later model GE 45 tonner, and missing a set of side rod
Photo Date:  2/8/1996  Upload Date: 6/8/2013 9:24:21 AM
Location:  West Des Moines, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  266   Comments: 0
The Davenport of Buffalo
Title:  The Davenport of Buffalo
Description:  Believe it or not, this was a running engine, regularly used. This 35 ton Davenport was used weekly to pull loaded grain hoppers through the dumper. Who needs a coupler on the front when you're only using the back? Reengined with a skid mounted Cat engine, you can see the new radiator through the front. A great little beast, working only a few miles from its birthplace.
Photo Date:  2/25/1996  Upload Date: 6/4/2013 12:55:54 PM
Location:  Buffalo, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
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Views:  819   Comments: 0
1 engine GE
Title:  1 engine GE
Description:  Not sure what to say about this one, except its a 44 ton GE at the same river terminal as the Davenport, and it had an engine out at the time I shot this.
Photo Date:  2/25/1996  Upload Date: 6/4/2013 12:56:17 PM
Location:  Buffalo, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CHSX NO(44Tonner)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
RE 715
Title:  RE 715
Description:  Occidental Chemical used this Relco Alco for years. One shot only, straight down the driveway with a telephoto, was all you got.
Photo Date:  2/25/1996  Upload Date: 6/4/2013 6:34:58 PM
Location:  Buffalo, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RE 715(S1)
Views:  427   Comments: 1
Last days of the Santa Fe
Title:  Last days of the Santa Fe
Description:  ATSf is about gone into BNSF, so had to see them one last time. An unexpected surprise was the TPW.
Photo Date:  7/10/1996  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 11:37:06 AM
Location:  Fort Madison, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 2183(GP7u) TPW 2014(GP20u)
Views:  800   Comments: 1
ATSF 2183
Title:  ATSF 2183
Description:  ATSF employee 2183 and ATSF retiree 2014 compare noses at Ft Madison.
Photo Date:  7/10/1996  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 11:37:35 AM
Location:  Fort Madison, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 2183(GP7u) TPW 2014(GP20u)
Views:  593   Comments: 0
ATSF & TPW
Title:  ATSF & TPW
Description:  Lightning-striped 2003 and the Santa Fe on the ready track.
Photo Date:  7/10/1996  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 11:38:02 AM
Location:  Fort Madison, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 6356(B23-7) TPW 2003(GP20u)
Views:  725   Comments: 2
Interurbans at Keokuk
Title:  Interurbans at Keokuk
Description:  Not real sure the story on these, but rumor was someone brought them to the SE tip of Iowa to haul a tourist train, using a generator car for power. Well, that didn't fly. 161's mate #168 found a home in NY with a museum, and I hope 161 found a good home too.
Photo Date:  7/12/1996  Upload Date: 1/17/2017 8:32:08 PM
Location:  Keokuk, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
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Views:  139   Comments: 0
Interurbans in Keokuk
Title:  Interurbans in Keokuk
Description:  Since I first posted this, got some great info from Jerry LaBoda: "This car went on to serve Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SPAX) as their 168. Sold to Keokuk Junction's Trans-Mississippi Trolley Co. in 1991. It was sold to New York Museum of Transportation in 1996."
Photo Date:  7/12/1996  Upload Date: 1/14/2017 9:26:52 AM
Location:  Keokuk, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  508   Comments: 3
CRGX 1
Title:  CRGX 1
Description:  This 20 ton Vulcan was used at the Cargill elevator in Onawa. Website doesn't have a 20 ton Vulcan as an option. Unnumbered, so I used the unit's SN.
Photo Date:  4/15/1997  Upload Date: 6/2/2013 2:29:13 PM
Location:  Onawa, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRGX 4354(8 Ton)
Views:  988   Comments: 0
D&I (DAIR)
Title:  D&I (DAIR)
Description:  This was the days on the D&I. Geeps on questionable rail with stone trains, passing the Akron depot.
Photo Date:  8/12/1997  Upload Date: 7/13/2014 6:38:23 PM
Location:  Akron, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DAIR 21(GP9)
Views:  464   Comments: 1
An Alco works Council Bluffs
Title:  An Alco works Council Bluffs
Description:  This operation makes the grade for obscurity. For a couple of years, Alco RS36 900 held down the Council Bluff yard job, making regular transfers to UP. Despite being right there, and the only running Alco for miles, the operation seemed to be ignored by the local railfan base. Here, 900 is coming back from interchanging with UP, past the CB Rock Island depot.
Photo Date:  5/12/1999  Upload Date: 3/22/2013 4:46:24 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  John Schumann
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  IAIS 900(RS36)
Views:  674   Comments: 0


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