List of Iowa railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Iowa.

Common freight carriers

*Appanoose County Community Railroad (APNC)
*Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad (BSVY)
*Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY)
*BNSF Railway (BNSF)
*Canadian National Railway (CN)
*Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CIC)
*Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME)
*D&I Railroad (DAIR)
*Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad (ICE)
*Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS)
*Iowa Northern Railway (IANR)
**Operates the D&W Railroad
*Iowa Northwestern Railroad (IANW)
*Iowa River Railroad (IARR)
*Iowa Traction Railroad (IATR)
*Keokuk Junction Railway (KJRY)
*Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
*Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Private freight carriers

*CBEC Railway
*East Camden and Highland Railroad

Passenger carriers

*Amtrak (AMTK)
*Fourth Street Elevator

Defunct railroads

* Atlantic Northern Railway
* Atlantic Southern Railway
* Bellevue and Cascade Railroad
* Burlington and Northwestern Railway
* Burlington and Western Railroad
* Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad (CC)
* Crooked Creek Railway and Coal Company
* Chicago and North Western Railway (CNW) later UP
** Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad [http://www.cnwhs.org/ch_fddms.htm] later CNW
***Newton and North Western Railroad [http://www.cnwhs.org/ch_fddms.htm] part of line today is the BSVY
* Council Bluffs Railway (CBGR)
* Des Moines and Central Iowa Railway
* Des Moines and Minneapolis Railroad
* Des Moines North-Western Railroad
* Des Moines, Osceola and Southern Railroad
* Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company
* Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
* Farmers Union Railroad
* Fort Madison and North Western Railway
* Great Western Railway of Iowa
* I&M Rail Link (IMRL)
* Iowa Eastern Railroad
*Kewash Railroad
*North Central Railway Association
* St. Louis, Des Moines and Northern Railway
* St. Louis, Kesauqua and St. Paul Railroad
*Southern Industrial Railroad
* Waukon and Mississippi Railroad

References

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* [http://www.msp.dot.state.ia.us/trans_data/ur1000top.html Iowa DOT railroad map legend]
* Iowa Department of Transportation, Office of Rail Transportation (May 1999), " [http://www.iowarail.com/industry/profiles.asp Railroad Profiles] ". Retrieved March 10 2005.