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The Iowa Traction Railroad (former Mason City & Clear Lake Ry.)  Operates a 10-mile trolley freight operation in northern Iowa--- the last common carrier to do so in the U.S.  Here's one of several video clips I took while there 3 weeks ago.  Notice at 1:15, where the motorman comes out of the cab to give a friendly wave!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv9faFQW_Vw

 

Enjoy,

Lee

 

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Thanks, folks.

 

Here are a couple of the stills I caught.

No. 54 with the trash train, waiting for the crew to arrive:

http://rrpicturearchives.net/s...ture.aspx?id=3100162

 

Motors 60 and 50, waiting for their next assignments:

http://rrpicturearchives.net/s...ture.aspx?id=3100157

 

Motor 60 switching the soy elevator:

http://rrpicturearchives.net/s...ture.aspx?id=3100159

 

North Shore 727, on which we took a ride after the day's freight operations ceased:

http://rrpicturearchives.net/s...ture.aspx?id=3100152

 

And one more:  As God intended.

Doing what a side-of the road interurban is supposed to do:

http://rrpicturearchives.net/s...ture.aspx?id=3110517

 

Mason City is a fun place!

Lee

Last edited by Lee Carlson
Originally Posted by mwb:
Originally Posted by Bill Culliton

Did you notice them backpoling thru the trolley frog.

Yes!  Something you don't get to see everyday,

 

I once backpoled Shoreline's Toronto Peter Witt (single-ended car) up a yard ladder to the other end of the carbarn area. With no one to spot for me, I got the idea to watch the shadow of the car's pole (it was late afternoon) to make sure it's wheel went the right way at each frog. At other times, I assisted with backing the subway cars by holding the rope and pulling in the direction we wanted to go at each frog. Both instances were very low-speed maneuvers though.

 

---PCJ

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