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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.
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.
Chicago, Omaha and St. Joseph Railroad: 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 ...
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Passenger Station; Burlington station (Iowa) Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Passenger Depot-Dows; Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad Passenger Station (Clarion, Iowa) Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Northern Railroad-Rock Rapids Station, Railroad Track and Bridge
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 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Passenger Station is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Built in 1898 for passenger use, it was the second depot in the city. [2] The first one was built by the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad, a predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P), in ...