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Iowa and Southwestern Railway: 1916 N/A Iowa South Western Railway: CNW: 1880 1884 Chicago and North Western Railway: Iowa Terminal Railroad: IAT 1961 1987 Charles City Railway Line, Inc., Iowa Traction Railroad: Iowa Transfer Railway: CB&Q/ CGW/ RI: 1906 Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad: CB&Q: 1870 1901 Chicago, Burlington ...
In early 1900, the Chicago and North Western began operating over the north half of the Lost Creek Railway as they began constructing their branch to Buxton, Iowa, opened in 1901. [42] [43] [44] A photo of Lost Creek Shaft 2, opened in 1901, does not show any dual-gauge trackage. [45] Shaft 2 was the site of Iowa's worst mine disaster in 1902 ...
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 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.
The Iowa and St. Louis Railway (I&SL) was a subsidiary United States railroad operating in south-east Iowa and north-east Missouri from 1902 to 1947. [1] For most of its existence it was part of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ), familiarly known as the Burlington System .
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 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.