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 the ...

Common freight carriers

Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad The Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates freight and passenger excursions in Boone County, Iowa. History The heritage and excursion railroad was begun in 1983 by a group of volunteers who wanted to preserve a sce ...

(BSVY) *

BNSF Railway BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that ...

(BNSF) * Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) *

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN i ...

(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 co ...

(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 Cent ...

(CC) *

Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...

(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 The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway , also known as the CRANDIC, is a Class III railroad operating in the US state of Iowa. The CRANDIC currently operates of main line and more than of yard trackage in four east central Iowa counties. The ...

(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 Rail ...

* 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 M ...

(KJRY) *

Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...

(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 CBEC may refer to: * Central Board of Excise and Customs * Casterton Business and Enterprise College * CBEC-FM a re-broadcaster of CBCS-FM * Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College Cranbourne is a co-educational secondary school in Basi ...

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 Pa ...

Greater Davenport Redevelopment Corporation Greater may refer to: *Greatness, the state of being great *Greater than, in inequality * ''Greater'' (film), a 2016 American film *Greater (flamingo), the oldest flamingo on record * "Greater" (song), by MercyMe, 2014 *Greater Bank, an Australian ...

Passenger carriers

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...

(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 The Iowa Traction Railway Company , formerly the Iowa Traction Railroad Company, is a 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 c ...

* 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 A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

* 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 ci ...

* 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 The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Iowa. Common freight carriers *Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad (BSVY) * BNSF Railway (BNSF) *Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) * Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Illinois Ce ...

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 Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...