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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.
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway: Iowa Eastern Railroad: MILW: 1872 1880 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway: Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad: IC: 1867 1888 Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad: Iowa and Great Northern Railway: GN: 1905 1910 Great Northern Railway: Iowa Midland Railway: CNW: 1870 1884 Chicago and North Western ...
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway (BCR&N) was a railroad that operated in the United States from 1876 to 1903. It was formed to take over the operations of the bankrupt Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway , which was, in turn, the result of merging several predecessor lines, the construction of which began in 1869.
Iowa Northern Railway serves agricultural and industrial markets, carrying freight that include biofuels and grain. CN transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured ...
In June 2020, Iowa Iowa Northern Railway Company filed an Acquisition Exemption for a portion of the D&W Railroad, LLC approximately 23.40 miles of rail line, as follows: (i) The rail line from milepost 332.0 at Dewar, Iowa, to milepost 354.5 (end of line), including the most easterly rail line and right of way, known as the Main Line, which is ...
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 Waterloo and Cedar Falls Rapid Transit was organized in 1895 to build an 8-mile line from Waterloo to nearby Cedar Falls, Iowa, which it completed in 1897. [2] In 1904 the company renamed itself Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway and began expanding outward, completing a 22-mile line from Waterloo north to Waverly in 1910 and a 60-mile line south to Cedar Rapids, where connection ...
The station was built in 1898 by contractor A. H. Connor & Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad (BCR&N). Clarion also had a Chicago Great Western Railway depot, no longer extant. At one time there were 14 trains that served the city. [2]