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The loss of timber trestles due to fire led to many of the line segments being put up for abandonment. The southern Iowa economy has generally lagged behind much of the remainder of Iowa and the Midwest, and H&S suffered from a lack of industrial development along its line. The line's revenue base relied too much on coal, products of ...
C. Canadian Pacific Railway; Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad; Cedar Valley Railroad; Central Iowa Railway; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
They may have been purchased by other railroads, gone bankrupt, or been merged; and Railway lines that have closed for use, usually being removed and sometimes obscured. There are a range of terms that are synonymous, including: closed railways , former railways
Pages in category "Closed railway lines in the United States" The following 117 pages are in this category, out of 117 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Utica and Syracuse Air Line Railway (U&SAL) - in 1881 the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railway (BHT&W) [160] consolidated a chain of railroads to try and create its own line to the Erie Railroad from Rotterdam Junction. [161] The company president was General William Lathrop Burt, [162] so the project was nicknamed the Burt Line. The ...
The Iowa State Fair was held in a different community every two years after it was first established. The first fair was held in Fairfield in 1854. The other towns that hosted the fair included Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Iowa City, Dubuque, Burlington, Clinton, Keokuk and Cedar Rapids. [2] The state fair moved to Des Moines permanently in 1878.
With less than a week left of the Iowa State Fair, there are still plenty of activities to squeeze in before the 11-day event wraps up for 2024.
Chicago and North Western Railway: Iowa and Missouri State Line Railroad: CB&Q: 1859 1870 Burlington and Southwestern Railway: Iowa Northern Railway: 1882 1901 Colfax Northern Railroad: Iowa Northern Central Railroad: CB&Q: 1867 1870 Keokuk, Iowa City and Minnesota Railroad: Iowa and Omaha Short Line Railway: 1908 1916 N/A Iowa Pacific Railroad ...