Sunset on the Des Moines River at Eddyville, IA. Sept 4, 2007. Taken with a point-n-shoot digital camera. Bridge is on the Oskaloosa sub of the Union Pacific Railroad (former MSTL)

Coal-fired stove inside Duluth Street Railways streetcar 78

The Schilling Local to Smurfit-Stone plant. MRL GP9 is a former CNW/CGW GP7

It looks like back in the day there was a siding on the East of the main on the south side of Eldora in addition to the west side.

Jeremy Rigney from Banagher College won the NCE-MSTL Mathematics in Science Award and also received 1st place in the Junior Ericcson Technology Awards (Individual) for his project ‘Game based learning using scratch maths concepts’ at the SciFest Festival at Athlone Institute of Technology. Jeremy is pictured here with Dr. Denise Lord AIT.

Pic: Padraig Devaney

All this time, I had no idea there were 2 grey and red CNW MOW cars in Altoona. They've been here for years and may remain here for some time. The crane in the middle wears UP logos, but does have a bright yellow S-3L for a horn. Kinda neat.

And to add to that, these flatcars are CGW and MSTL!

I had to be in Marshalltown today and picked up a couple pics I've intended to get but haven't.

In November of 2012 I went on a tour with the M&StL Yahoo group before they pulled up the rail on the IARR from here to Ackley. I always thought about a couple more shots but this is what can happen if you wait.

South of Albert Lea MN

It looks to me like there was a siding on the West side of the main, and the east (see ...ELD25) on the south side of Eldora back in the day.

I had to be in Marsshalltown today and picked up a couple pics I've intended to get but haven't.

What, a month ago or so they demoed the old M&StL freight house that the derecho damaged enough it had to go.

I got a decent number of shots of the Steamboat Rock bridge. Now to get shots of the bridges at Gifford,Union, and Marshalltown/Albion.......

Aoife Hussey,,Presentation College Terenure ,1st place in the Leinster Smart Careers Poster Competition. 2nd. Viky Tarkovska, left, St Killian's and Sarah Monaghan, centre, Loreto Balbriggan 3rd place at the awards ceremony hosted by Intel in Leixlip yesterday Tuesday 12th April...Photograph Moya Nolan...The idea behind the Smart Careers Competition was to allow students in 1st and 2nd year explore the maths and science requirement in a career of their choice. The Smart Career Competition has been developed by CareersPortal.ie and NCE-MSTL , in partnership with Discover Science and Engineering. ESB and Intel.

"Figures that mean finer, faster freight service for the great midwest".

Source: Railway Age Magazine (January 5, 1946)

Taken by Ron Sims

The start of my Palm Sunday run along the IARR. It looks like the M&StL had several tracks here back in the day before the yard was rebuilt, I assume more than once. I've always heard this end of the M&StL/CGW yards was a spagetti work of switches and the like.

A little drainage trestle on the west edge of Marshalltown.

An empty intermodal train heads north on the former M&StL at Liscomb, IA

Aoife Hussey,,Presentation College Terenure ,1st place in the Leinster Smart Careers Poster Competition. 2nd. Viky Tarkovska, right, St Killian's and 3rd Sarah Monaghan,Loreto Balbriggan at the awards ceremony hosted by Intel in Leixlip yesterday Tuesday 12th April...Photograph Moya Nolan...The idea behind the Smart Careers Competition was to allow students in 1st and 2nd year explore the maths and science requirement in a career of their choice. The Smart Career Competition has been developed by CareersPortal.ie and NCE-MSTL , in partnership with Discover Science and Engineering. ESB and Intel.

Way back in the background, barely visible if you follow the waterway is the Iowa River Bridge north of Marshalltown.

East side of the viaduct on the west side of Marshalltown.

EMD's warranty shop is in the old MStL shop in Marshalltown. At one time it was the GE warranty shop.

Taken by Ron Sims

Steamboat Rock bridge looking West.

West side of the viaduct entering Marshalltown.

Taken by Ron Sims

Taken as part of 2004 Metropolis St. Louis General Meeting

While setting up for a shot in Janesville, I came across this Minneapolis & St. Louis boiler and cab sitting along the tracks. The driver unit is to the right and a tender is even further right. Not sure what the intentions were , but hopefully this hulk is still at least cosmetically restorable.

I had to be in Marsshalltown today and picked up a couple pics I've intended to get but haven't.

In November of 2012 I went on a tour with the M&StL Yahoo group before they pulled up the rail on the IARR from here to Ackley. I always thought about a couple more shots but this is what can happen if you wait.

Taken as part of 2004 Metropolis St. Louis General Meeting

The westbound Schilling Local.

Builders plate of the IARR/UP/CNW/M&StL bridge in Steamboat Rock. I spent Palm Sunday taking pictures along the length of the line before they pull up the rails south of MP 209. There are a lot of pics of that posted along with some from Rock Island Day in CF and IANR1501.

Mid Iowa Coop Libscom.

The line north of Ackley was put into category 1 in January of 2012. I wondered how long it was gonna take since CN took out the switch.

Now that I think about it, I think it may have been a diamond and they had to access the line via the IARR. If no one corrects me I may look if I remember.

Now Removed

Work has progressed further since then