IATR 54 gets a roll on three loads headed for the DM&E connection.
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Iowa Traction Railway, Mason City, Iowa.
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The Iowa Traction Railway (IATR) is the last all-electric interurban common-carrier freight railroad operating in the United States. It was founded as the Mason City & Clear Lake Traction Railroad in 1896, running between its namesake communities. Today, operated by Progressive Rail, Inc., it serves several customers located between Clear Lake Junction in Mason City and the shops in Emery, and interchanges with both the Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific in Mason City. The portion of the line between Emery and Clear Lake is intact but rarely used.
The IATR attracts many photographers due to its antique locomotives; they are among the oldest still operating in freight service anywhere in the world.
Locomotives seen in this photo set:
No. 50 – 50 ton Baldwin-Westinghouse Steeple Cab #53784
Built as Washington & Old Dominion 50, 1920
To Cedar Rapids & Iowa City 58, 1947
To Kansas City & Kaw Valley 507, 1956
To Iowa Terminal 53, 1962
To Iowa Traction Railroad (now Iowa Traction Railway) 50, 1987
No. 54 – 50 ton Baldwin-Westinghouse Steeple Cab #56538
Built as Southern Iowa Railway 400, 1923
To Iowa Terminal 54, 1969
To Iowa Traction Railroad (now Iowa Traction Railway) 54, 1987
No. 60 – 50 Ton Baldwin-Westinghouse Steeple Cab #41054
Built as Youngstown & Ohio River 5, 1917
To Union Electric 80, 1932
To Mason City & Clear Lake 52, 1961
To Iowa Terminal 2, 1961 (later renumbered 60)
To Iowa Traction Railroad (now Iowa Traction Railway) 60, 1987
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Iowa Traction Railroad, Mason City, Iowa.
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Iowa Traction Railway, Mason City, Iowa.
Tags: Baldwin-Westinghouse (1921) IATR 50 IATR 51 Iowa Iowa Traction Railroad Iowa Traction Railway Mason City Mason City & Clear Lake Electric Railroad Northeastern Oklahoma 2 - Cedar Rapids & Iowa City 40 - Kansas C Progressive Rail Steeplecab Electric - Baldwin-Westinghouse (1920) Steeplecab Electric Baldwin-Westinghouse (1923) Washington & Old Dominion 50 - Cedar Rapids & Iowa City 58 - Kan Northeastern Oklahoma 2 - Cedar Rapids & Iowa City 40 - Kansas City Kaw Valley 505 - Iowa Traction Railroad 51 Washington & Old Dominion 50 - Cedar Rapids & Iowa City 58 - Kansas City Kaw Valley 507 - Iowa Terminal 50
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