Iowa Northern Railway

[jtousign]

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Here is my latest repaint of the Iowa Northern Railway locomotive. It was a lot of work, but I'm happy with the result. There's only one hinge that isn't the right color because of its central position on the side, but I'll leave it up to you to find it on your own. This locomotive has only one number, but I'll be adding three or four more in the next few hours. Your comments are always welcome.

[cnwfan]

Looks good! Iowa Northern is now part of the CN. Their Waterloo, IA yard / shops are about 20 minutes away from the house. During the winter months, they use a couple of ex-Amtrak F40's with one or two slugs spliced in between. The F40's seem to do better handling the snow. I've also seen HLMX units on the property, although since the CN merger, sets of SD70ACE's can be seen switching the yard on occasion. Besides serving various grain elevators, Iowa Northern also serves the Trinity car repair shop in Shellrock and the John Deere assembly plant in Waterloo. For a number of years, they also ran a Hawkeye Express passenger special to help with University of Iowa game day congestion. I believe the specials have stopped, as I haven't seen the ex-CNW bilevel passenger cars or the F40's.

Iowa Northern Roster, although a bit dated
https://www.thedieselshop.us/IowaNorthern.HTML

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jtousign... if you're looking for mate to go with that GP38-2, how about the above?

[jtousign]

Yes, of course, why not? This is indeed the F40PH in Rock Island colors, right? Is it available in the new Iowa Northern Railway colors? If not, I'll base it on the actual F40 in your photo.

[cnwfan]

Let me find you some additional pics. Stand by...

[cnwfan]

Here's a couple of photos showing the left and right sides. I haven't been able to find anything pics showing the rear, but just assume its all silver at this point. Did run across a pick showing the unit being scrapped out. Also read that the express stopped running in 2021.

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[jtousign]

Excellent pictures, thanks. But first, I have to repaint a CN RS11. Right after that, I'll repaint the IANR F40. See you soon.

[Chacal]

INR GP38-2:
https://railworksamerica.com/index.php/ ... e-repaints