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Central Iowa Railway: Central Iowa Railway: CIRC 1974 1974 N/A Central Iowa Railway: MSTL: 1878 1888 Iowa Railway: Chariton, Des Moines and Southern Railroad: CB&Q: 1876 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: Charles City Railway Line, Inc. CCRY 1987 1994 N/A Charles City Western Railway: 1910 1964 Iowa Terminal Railroad: Cherokee and ...
The Historic Railroad District is located in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States. The historic district includes four separate properties: the Burlington Veterans Clubhouse (1935), the Burlington Depot (1951), the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe passenger canopies (1951) and Ballingall Park (1951). [ 2 ]
The city of Red Oak was established by the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad as Red Oak Junction. That railroad was acquired by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and they laid out a new right-of-way in southwest Iowa in the late 19th century to lessen the grade. [2] It required a new depot in Red Oak, which was built from 1900 ...
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Passenger Station-Vinton, also known as Rock Island Depot and the Vinton Depot, is a historic building located in Vinton, Iowa, United States. Completed in 1900, this depot replaced a previous depot of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway (BCR&N) located on the east side of town. [2]
The origin of the Iowa Northern Railway starts with the major portion of the Manly to Cedar Rapids line which was built in the 1870s by the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad, which became part of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (Rock Island RR) in 1902, and remained operated by the Rock Island until that company's bankruptcy in 1980.
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 ...
The Chicago and North Western Railway (CNW) acquired controlling interest in the TNW in June 1881, and ran it separately until it formally acquired it in 1890. The CNW announced in 1899 that were going to build a new office building in Lake City, and they completed the classically influenced, 2½-story brick building the following year.
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.