List of Iowa railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Iowa.

Common freight carriers[]

Private freight carriers[]

Passenger carriers[]

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Iowa passenger rail
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California Zephyr
to Chicago
Southwest Chief
to Chicago
Burlington
Fort Madison
Mount Pleasant
Southwest Chief
to Los Angeles
Ottumwa
Osceola
Creston
California Zephyr
to Emeryville
  • Amtrak (AMTK)
  • Fourth Street Elevator

Defunct railroads[]

Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes
MSTL 1890 1910
CB&Q 1868 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
1890 1907
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad ATSF 1889 1895 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ATSF ATSF 1895 1996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
RI 1878 1880 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
1913 1936 N/A
1906 1913 ,
RI 1879 1880 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
1913 1915 N/A
RI 1878 1899 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
RI 1879 1880 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
1933 1936 N/A
CNW 1899 1900 Chicago and North Western Railway
CNW 1893 1899
CNW 1898 1900 Chicago and North Western Railway
CB&Q 1872 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway RI 1868 1878 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway RI 1876 1903 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
CB&Q 1870 1871
Burlington and Missouri Railroad CB&Q 1871 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad CB&Q 1852 1875 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q 1869 1880 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
RI 1925 1952 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Burlington Northern Inc. BN 1970 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN 1981 1996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Burlington and Northwestern Railway CB&Q 1876 1902 Burlington and Western Railway
CB&Q 1875 1876 Burlington and Northwestern Railway
CB&Q 1871 1880
CB&Q 1869 1870
Burlington and Western Railway CB&Q 1881 1903 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
IC 1858 1896
IC 1903 1904
IC 1904 1905
RI 1867 1868 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway
IC 1886 1888
RI 1882 1902 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
RI 1898 1900 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls and Northwestern Railway RI 1880 1902 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad CNW 1860 1884 Chicago and North Western Railway
MILW 1871 1881 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
RI 1865 1868 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway
Cedar Valley Railroad CVAR 1984 1991 Cedar River Railroad
1914 1916
MSTL 1879 1890
MSTL 1869 1877
Central Iowa Railway CIRC 1974 1974 N/A
MSTL 1878 1888
CB&Q 1876 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CCRY 1987 1994 N/A
Charles City Western Railway 1910 1964 Iowa Terminal Railroad
IC 1887 1888
1903 1916 N/A
MILW 1878 1880
CB&Q 1880 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q 1885 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad CB&Q CB&Q 1868 1970 Burlington Northern Inc.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway CB&Q 1901 1907 N/A Leased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
MSTL 1882 1882 Central Iowa Railway
MILW 1871 1877
MILW 1878 1880 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
RI 1877 1878 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
RI 1881 1902 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
MILW 1871 1877
CB&Q 1899 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q 1890 1899
Chicago Great Western Railroad CGW CGW 1909 1941 Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway CGW CGW 1940 1968 Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway CGW 1892 1909 Chicago Great Western Railroad
CNW 1882 1903 Chicago and North Western Railway
RI 1876 1877
CNW 1895 1901 Chicago and North Western Railway
CNW 1856 1884 Chicago and North Western Railway
RI 1885 1888
RI 1891 1894 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls and Northwestern Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway MILW 1874 1928 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad MILW MILW 1928 1985 The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
Chicago and North Western Railway CNW CNW 1864 1972 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company CNW CNW 1972 1995 Union Pacific Railroad
RI 1872 1882
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI, ROCK RI 1947 1980 Burlington Northern Inc., Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Chicago and North Western Railway, Iowa Railroad, Iowa Northern Railway, Keokuk Junction Railway,
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI 1902 1916 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI 1866 1880 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway RI RI 1880 1948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway CGW 1886 1893 Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway CMO CNW 1881 1972 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway ATSF 1887 1900 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
ATSF 1886 1887 Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway
RI 1869 1876
CB&Q 1878 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q 1878 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
MILW 1877 1878
1901 1912
1912 1926 N/A
Council Bluffs Railway CBGR 1991 2006 Iowa Interstate Railroad
Council Bluffs and Ottumwa Railway CBOA 1989 1991 Council Bluffs Railway
CB&Q 1858 1869
WAB 1878 1886
CB&Q 1871 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q 1878 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
1911 1918 N/A
CNW 1875 1916
CB&Q/ MILW 1895 1901
RI 1882 1892 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
MILW 1876 1879 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
CB&Q/ MILW 1884 1895
CB&Q/ MILW 1895 1898
DRI CB&Q/ MILW 1898 1995 Soo Line Railroad
MILW 1868 1876
MILW 1875 1880
D&CI, DCI CNW 1922 1949 Electric until 1949
DCI CNW 1949 1983 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
MSTL 1874 1915 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
RI 1870 1876
RI 1899 1908
CB&Q 1888 1898
CB&Q 1878 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CNW 1877 1884 Chicago and North Western Railway
CNW 1870 1877
MILW 1889 1891
MILW 1895 1899 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
MILW 1891 1895
MILW 1880 1888
MILW 1887 1891
CB&Q 1879 1887
Des Moines and St. Louis Railroad WAB 1881 1899 Wabash Railroad
RI 1901 1903 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
1902
DMU 1884 1989 Norfolk and Western Railway
MSTL, RI 1864 1873 ,
CNW 1974 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
MILW 1871 1874
RI 1871 1879
MILW 1870 1871
CGW 1878 1887 Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad
MILW 1868 1869
MILW 1860 1863
MILW 1877 1878
MILW 1869 1871
Dubuque and Northwestern Railway CGW 1883 1886 Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad
IC 1853 1860
IC 1860 1946 Illinois Central Railroad
MILW 1863 1881 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
MILW 1855 1861
Dunleith and Dubuque Bridge Company IC 1867 1946 Illinois Central Railroad
MSTL 1866 1868
CB&Q 1900 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
1875 1875 N/A
CNW 1881 1882
CNW 1906 1942
FDDM CNW 1942 1983 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company Electric until 1955
MSTL 1878 1881 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
MSTL 1876 1878
IC 1898 1900
CB&Q 1869 1870
CB&Q 1862 1867
CB&Q 1872 1890
CB&Q 1872 1872
CB&Q 1853 1857 Iowa Southern Railroad
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad CNW 1862 1864 Chicago and North Western Railway
RI 1899 1900 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Great Northern Railway GN GN 1907 1970 Burlington Northern Inc.
MSTL 1875 1882
RI 1879 1890 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
CNW 1899 1900 Chicago and North Western Railway
CB&Q 1870 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Humeston and Shenandoah Railroad CB&Q 1881 1896 Humeston and Shenandoah Railway
Humeston and Shenandoah Railway CB&Q 1896 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad IC IC 1867 1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ICG 1972 1985 Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad
I&M Rail Link IMRL 1997 2002 Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad
Iowa Railroad IRRC 1981 1987 N/A
MSTL 1888 1888 Iowa Central Railway
CNW 1873 1887 Chicago and North Western Railway
Iowa Central Railway MSTL 1888 1912 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Iowa Central Air Line Railroad CNW 1853 1864
MSTL 1880 1882 Central Iowa Railway
MSTL 1898 1916 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad ICE 2002 2008 Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
Iowa City and Western Railway RI 1878 1902 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
MILW 1872 1880 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
IC 1867 1888
Iowa and Great Northern Railway GN 1905 1910 Great Northern Railway
CNW 1870 1884 Chicago and North Western Railway
RI 1870 1883 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls and Northwestern Railway
CNW 1866 1870
RI 1871 1877
CNW 1898 1900 Chicago and North Western Railway
CB&Q 1859 1870
Iowa Northern Railway 1882 1901
CB&Q 1867 1870
1908 1916 N/A
CGW 1870 1879 ,
MSTL 1868 1869
Iowa and St. Louis Railway CB&Q 1901 1903 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Iowa Southern Railroad ISR 1984 1989 Council Bluffs and Ottumwa Railway
Iowa Southern Railroad CB&Q 1857 1862
Iowa Southern Railway CNW 1913 1920 Chicago and North Western Railway
Iowa Southern Railway CB&Q 1868 1870
CB&Q 1858 1859 Iowa Southern Railroad
RI 1876 1880 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
ISN, ISU 1916 1941
RI 1870 1872
1916 N/A
CNW 1880 1884 Chicago and North Western Railway
Iowa Terminal Railroad IAT 1961 1987 , Iowa Traction Railroad
CB&Q/ CGW/ RI 1906
CB&Q 1870 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Keithsburg Bridge Company MSTL 1881 1901 Iowa Central Railway
MSTL 1882 1882 Central Iowa Railway
CB&Q 1891 1900
RI 1874 1924
MSTL, RI 1853 1864
Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company TP&W 1868
Keokuk and Hamilton Mississippi Bridge Company 1866 1868 Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company
CB&Q 1870 1874 Burlington and Northwestern Railway,
CB&Q 1869 1870
CB&Q 1855 1866
CB&Q 1879 1881
CB&Q 1881 1889
CB&Q 1876 1881
CB&Q 1867 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q/ RI/ TP&W/ WAB 1890 Still exists as a subsidiary of the Keokuk Junction Railway
CB&Q 1886 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
RI 1880 1890 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
KWTR 1983 1988 N/A
CB&Q 1878 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CNW 1886 1887 Chicago and North Western Railway
1900 1951 N/A
CNW 1876 1884 Chicago and North Western Railway
CNW 1886 1887 Chicago and North Western Railway
MILW 1888 1903 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
CNW 1895 1903
CGW 1881 1940 Chicago Great Western Railroad
CGW 1902 1905
MILW 1870 1871 Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
MILW 1869 1880 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
MILW 1868 1869 , Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
MILW 1863 1867 Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
MILW 1871 1872
Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railway MILW 1865 1867 Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
The Milwaukee Road, Inc. MILW MILW 1985 1986 Soo Line Railroad
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway MILW 1867 1874 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad MSTL 1895 1944 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
MSTL 1895 1895 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway MSTL MSTL 1939 1960 Chicago and North Western Railway
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway MSTL 1881 1894
CNW 1898 1900 Chicago and North Western Railway
MSTL 1878 1881 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad CGW 1886 1887 Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway
CNW 1868 1871
Mississippi and Missouri Railroad RI 1853 1866 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Mississippi River Railroad and Toll Bridge Company ATSF 1886 1900 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Mississippi Valley and Western Railway CB&Q 1871 1875
CB&Q 1870 1886
CNW 1882 1920 Chicago and North Western Railway
WAB 1899 1899 Wabash Railroad
CB&Q 1889 1889
CNW 1901 1901 Sioux City and Pacific Railroad
CB&Q 1900 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
RI 1916 1925
Muscatine and Iowa City Railway RI 1915 1916 N/A Leased several lines from the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
RI 1893 1905
RI 1905 1916
Muscatine Western Railroad RI 1870 1872 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway
CB&Q 1875 1908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q 1878 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
MSTL 1880 1882
RI 1877 1880 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
CNW 1902 1909
Norfolk and Western Railway N&W, NW 1964 1998 Norfolk Southern Railway
IC 1893 1946 Illinois Central Railroad
Omaha and St. Louis Railroad WAB 1896 1901 Wabash Railroad
WAB 1887 1896 Omaha and St. Louis Railroad
CNW 1883 1884 Chicago and North Western Railway
1989 Council Bluffs and Ottumwa Railway
CB&Q 1870 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
MILW 1870 1872 Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
CNW 1877 1878
CB&Q 1869 1870
WAB 1865 1873 St. Louis, Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids Railway
MILW 1881 1889
CB&Q 1887 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q 1875 1887
RI 1873 1875
St. Louis, Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids Railway WAB 1875 1887 Wabash Western Railway
RI 1905 1911
RI 1911 1948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
CNW 1879 1881 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
CNW 1872 1956 Chicago and North Western Railway
MILW 1879 1881 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
CNW 1909 1910 Chicago and North Western Railway
GN 1887 1900 Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad CNW 1864 1901 Chicago and North Western Railway
MILW 1870 1879
CNW 1866 1879
GN 1889 1900 Union Terminal Railway
SCT 1907 1972 N/A
CNW 1887 1887 Chicago and North Western Railway
Soo Line Railroad SOO CP 1986 1997 I&M Rail Link
SIRR 1964 1967 N/A
1941 1965
CNW 1900 1901 Chicago and North Western Railway
1910 1914
IC 1897 1903
CNW 1872 1884 Chicago and North Western Railway
1887 1934 N/A
Tama and Toledo Railroad CNW 1953 Chicago and North Western Railway Electric until 1925
CB&Q 1880 1900
CNW 1869 1890 Chicago and North Western Railway
TP&W 1869 1880 Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad TP&W, TPW TP&W 1926 1983 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad TP&W 1879 1886 Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway TPW 1989 2001 Keokuk Junction Railway
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway TP&W TP&W 1887 1927 Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad UP 1862 1880 Union Pacific Railway
Union Pacific Railway UP 1880 1898 Union Pacific Railroad
Union Terminal Railway GN 1900 1910 Great Northern Railway
Wabash Railroad WAB WAB 1937 1991 Norfolk and Western Railway
Wabash Railroad WAB 1889 1915 Wabash Railway
Wabash Railway WAB 1915 1941 Wabash Railroad
Wabash Western Railway WAB 1887 1889 Wabash Railroad
WLO IC/ RI 1955
IC/ RI 1944 1956
IC/ RI 1904 1944 Electric 1912-1947
MILW 1875 1880
RI 1885 1902 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
CNW 1883 1890
CB&Q 1884 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway GN 1900 1907 Great Northern Railway
CGW 1891 1891
CGW 1888 1894
CGW 1894 1901 Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad
CGW 1882 1886 Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad CGW 1901 1920 Chicago Great Western Railroad
CNW 1879 1879
Electric

Notes[]

  1. ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References[]

  • Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
  • Iowa DOT railroad map legend
  • Iowa Department of Transportation, Office of Rail Transportation (May 1999), Railroad Profiles. Retrieved March 10, 2005.
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