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A train depot was built at Britt in 1870, with tracks running from east to west through the town. [3] The first train line running through the town was the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul line, followed by the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern line. As of 2019, the Canadian Pacific Railway runs through the town, mostly carrying grain. [4]
The Santa Fe railroad built a new Fort Madison Station one and a half miles to the south west and moved passenger service there in 1968, leaving the 1910 station empty. They sold the facility to the City of Fort Madison for $1. The railroad removed most of the furnishings.
Keokuk, Iowa City and Minnesota Railroad: Iowa and Omaha Short Line Railway: 1908 1916 N/A Iowa Pacific Railroad: CGW: 1870 1879 Dubuque and Dakota Railroad, Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad: Iowa River Railway: MSTL: 1868 1869 Central Railroad of Iowa: Iowa and St. Louis Railway: CB&Q: 1901 1903 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: Iowa ...
Chicago architect Charles Sumner Frost designed this station in the Romanesque Revival style. The baggage room is separated from the depot by a breezeway. Frost designed at least 15 stations for the CNW in Iowa and Nebraska and another 14 in the Chicago area. [2] The building represents the prosperity of the line during the Golden Age of Railroads.
Cedar Rapids Union Station; Centerville station; Cherokee station; Chicago and North Western Passenger Depot; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Depot (Red Oak, Iowa) Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Depot – Delmar; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot (Iowa City, Iowa) Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot (Atlantic, Iowa)
The Iowa Traction Railway Company (reporting mark IATR), formerly the Iowa Traction Railroad Company, is a class III shortline railroad operating in the United States as a common carrier. It was originally founded in 1896 as the Mason City and Clear Lake Railway, a passenger carrier. Since 1937, Business has been exclusively freight.
The railroad did not come to Lyon County until 1885 when the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway (BCR&N) proposed to construct a line between Little Rock, Iowa and Sioux Falls, South Dakota via Rock Rapids. The county and local citizens promised financial support, and the line was completed the following year.
The Chicago and North Western Passenger Depot is a historic building located in Wall Lake, Iowa, United States. Wall Lake was served by both the Chicago & North Western Railroad and the Illinois Central Railroad, which gave it a significant rail presence from the 1880s until World War II. [2] The C&NW depot is an example of a combination ...