The following

railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

s operate in the U.S. state of

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...

Common freight carriers

* Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad (BSVY) * BNSF Railway (BNSF) * Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) * Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries

Illinois Central Railroad The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama. A line also c ...

(IC) Cedar River Railroad (CEDR) and

Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad The Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad (Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad) is part of the Illinois Central Railroad (IC), which is owned by the Canadian National Railway (CN) through the Grand Trunk Corporation. Operationally, the Chicago Ce ...

(CC) * Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary

Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad is a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Before its purchase, it was the largest Class II railroad in the United States, operating across South Dakota and southern Minnesota in ...

(DME) * Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CIC) * D&I Railroad (DAIR) *

Iowa Interstate Railroad The Iowa Interstate Railroad is a Class II regional railroad operating in the central United States. The railroad is owned by Railroad Development Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. History The railroad was formed on November 2, 1984, u ...

(IAIS) *

Iowa Northern Railway The Iowa Northern Railway is a Class III shortline railroad operating in the U.S. state of Iowa. History 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 th ...

(IANR) **Operates the

D&W Railroad The D&W Railroad is a shortline railroad operated by the Iowa Northern Railway. History The D&W Railroad was formed in 2002 by TRANSCO Railway Products in order to acquire the rail line from Dewar to Oelwein, Iowa, from the Union Pacific Railr ...

* Iowa Northwestern Railroad (IANW) *

Iowa River Railroad The Iowa River Railroad (IARR) operates freight service from Ackley, Iowa to end of track 1.4 miles south of U.S. Highway 20, north of Steamboat Rock, Iowa, for a distance of about 9 miles. With its office located in Steamboat Rock, Iowa, IARR car ...

(IARR) * Iowa Southern Railway (ISRY) * Iowa Traction Railroad (IATR) *

Keokuk Junction Railway The Keokuk Junction Railway Co. , is a Class III railroad in the U.S. states of Illinois and Iowa. It is a subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp. History The present company was incorporated in 1980 as the Keokuk Northern Real Estate Co., formed in ...

(KJRY) * Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) *

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

(UP)

Private freight carriers

* CBEC Railway *

East Camden and Highland Railroad The East Camden and Highland Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in East Camden, Arkansas. EACH operates a 47.6 mile (76.6 km) line in Arkansas from East Camden to Eagle Mills (where it interchanges with Union P ...

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Passenger carriers

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...

(AMTK) *

Fourth Street Elevator The Fenelon Place Elevator (also known as the Fourth Street Elevator) is a narrow gauge funicular railway located in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.Stewart, Connie (2011-11-05)Rail ...

Defunct railroads

;Electric * Albia Interurban Railway * Albia Light and Railway Company * Burlington Electric Railway * Burlington Railway and Light Company * Cedar Falls and Normal Railway * Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway and Light Company * Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway * Centerville Light and Traction Company * Charles City Western Railway * Citizens' Railway and Light Company * Clinton, Davenport and Muscatine Railway * Clinton Street Railway * Clinton and Lyons Horse Railway * Colfax Springs Railway * Davenport and Muscatine Railway * Des Moines City Railway * Des Moines Street Railroad * Des Moines Suburban Railway * Dubuque Street Railway * Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad * Fort Dodge Street Railway * Fort Madison Street Railway * Inter-Urban Railway (ITU) * Iowa Railway and Light Company * Iowa City Electric Company * Iowa and Illinois Railway * Iowa Southern Utilities Company * Keokuk Electric Company * Keokuk Electric Railway and Power Company * Lake Manawa and Manhattan Beach Railway * Marshalltown Light, Power and Railway Company * Mason City and Clear Lake Railroad * Mississippi Valley Electric Company * Newton and Northwestern Railroad *

Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company The Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company, known as O&CB, was incorporated in 1886 in order to connect Omaha, Nebraska with Council Bluffs, Iowa over the Missouri River. With a sanctioned monopoly over streetcar service in the two ...

* Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway * Omaha, Council Bluffs and Suburban Railway * Oskaloosa and Buxton Electric Railway * Oskaloosa Traction and Light Company * Ottumwa Railway and Light Company * Ottumwa Traction and Light Company * Sioux City, Crystal Lake and Homer Electric Railway * Sioux City, Homer and Southern Railway * Sioux City Service Company * Sioux City Traction Company * Tama and Toledo Railroad * Tama and Toledo Railway * Tri-City Railway * Tri-City Railway and Light Company *

Union Electric Company The Union Electric Company of Missouri (formerly ) was an electric power utility that was organized in 1902 and grew to be one of the large U.S. companies listed among the S&P 500. In 1997, its holding company merged with a smaller neighboring util ...

* Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railroad * Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway * Waterloo and Cedar Falls Rapid Transit Company * Waterloo Street Railway

Notes

References

*
Iowa DOT railroad map legend
*Iowa Department of Transportation, Office of Rail Transportation (May 1999),
Railroad Profiles
'. Retrieved March 10, 2005. {{Iowa Iowa railroads

Railroads Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...