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 Central Railroad (IC) Cedar River Railroad (CEDR) and Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad (CC)
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) through subsidiary Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME)
- Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CIC)
- D&I Railroad (DAIR)
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS)
- Iowa Northern Railway (IANR)
- Operates the D&W Railroad
- Iowa Northwestern Railroad (IANW)
- Iowa River Railroad (IARR)
- Iowa Southern Railway (ISRY)
- Iowa Traction Railroad (IATR)
- Keokuk Junction Railway (KJRY)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Private freight carriers
- CBEC Railway
- East Camden and Highland Railroad
- Greater Davenport Redevelopment Corporation
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Fourth Street Elevator
Defunct railroads
<!--"Thomas W. Griggs Railroad Property"?? Colfax Consolidated Coal Company? Mississippi and Missouri River Air-Line Railroad? Chillicothe and Des Moines City Railroad? Dakota Central Railway? Boone, Rockwell City and Northwestern Railway? Did North Central Railway Association ever operate anything?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
|-
|Albia and Centerville Railway
|
|MSTL
|1890
|1910
|Southern Iowa Traction Company
|-
|Albia, Knoxville and Des Moines Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1868
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Ames and College Railway
|
|
|1890
|1907
|Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad
|-
|-
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1889<!--leased the Chicago, Santa Fe and California, which had also operated the Mississippi River Railroad and Toll Bridge Company as agent-->
|1895
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|ATSF
|ATSF
|1895
|1996
|Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Atlantic and Audubon Railroad
|
|RI
|1878
|1880
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Atlantic Northern Railway
|
|
|1913
|1936
|N/A
|-
|Atlantic Northern and Southern Railway
|
|
|1906
|1913
|Atlantic Northern Railway, Atlantic Southern Railway
|-
|Atlantic Southern Railroad
|
|RI
|1879
|1880
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Atlantic Southern Railway
|
|
|1913<!--?-->
|1915
|N/A
|-
|Avoca, Harlan and Northern Railroad
|
|RI
|1878
|1899
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Avoca, Macedonia and South Western Railroad
|
|RI
|1879
|1880
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Bellevue and Cascade Railroad
|
|
|1933
|1936
|N/A
|-
|Boone County Railway
|
|CNW
|1899
|1900
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Boone Valley Coal and Railway Company
|
|CNW
|1893
|1899
|Marshalltown and Dakota Railway
|-
|Boyer Valley Railway
|
|CNW
|1898
|1900
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Brownville and Nodaway Valley 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
|-
|Burlington, Fort Madison and Southwestern Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1870
|1871
|Burlington and Southwestern Railway
|-
|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
|-
|Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska
|
|CB&Q
|1869<!--or later in Iowa? they started work on the Missouri River bridge-->
|1880
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Burlington, Muscatine and Northwestern Railway
|
|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
|-
|Burlington and Northwestern Narrow Gauge Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1875
|1876
|Burlington and Northwestern Railway
|-
|Burlington and Southwestern Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1871
|1880
|Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway
|-
|Burlington and Southwestern Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1869
|1870
|Burlington, Fort Madison and Southwestern Railway
|-
|Burlington and Western Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1881
|1903
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad
|
|IC
|1858
|1896
|Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
|-
|Cedar Falls and New Hartford Railroad
|
|IC
|1903
|1904
|Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
|-
|Cedar Falls and North Eastern Railroad
|
|IC
|1904
|1905
|Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
|-
|Cedar Rapids and Burlington Railroad
|
|RI
|1867
|1868
|Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway
|-
|Cedar Rapids and Chicago Railroad
|
|IC
|1886
|1888
|Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
|-
|Cedar Rapids and Clinton Railway
|
|RI
|1882
|1902
|Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
|-
|Cedar Rapids, Garner and Northwestern 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
|-
|Cedar Rapids and St. Louis Railroad
|
|MILW
|1871
|1881
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|Cedar Rapids and St. Paul Railway
|
|RI
|1865
|1868
|Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway
|-
|Cedar Valley Railroad
|CVAR
|
|1984
|1991
|Cedar River Railroad
|-
|Centerville, Albia and Southern Railway
|
|
|1914
|1916<!--?-->
|Iowa Southern Utilities Company
|-
|Centerville, Moravia and Albia Railroad
|
|MSTL
|1879
|1890
|Albia and Centerville Railway
|-
|Central Railroad of Iowa
|
|MSTL
|1869
|1877
|Central Iowa Railway
|-
|Central Iowa Railway
|CIRC
|
|1974
|1974
|N/A
|-
|Central Iowa Railway
|
|MSTL
|1878
|1888
|Iowa Railway
|-
|Chariton, Des Moines and Southern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1876
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Charles City Railway Line, Inc.
|CCRY
|
|1987<!--?-->
|1994
|N/A
|-
|Charles City Western Railway
|
|
|1910
|1964
|Iowa Terminal Railroad
|-
|Cherokee and Dakota Railroad
|
|IC
|1887
|1888
|Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Anamosa and Northern Railway
|
|
|1903
|1916
|N/A
|-
|Chicago, Bellevue, Cascade and Western Railway
|
|MILW
|1878
|1880
|Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1880
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1885<!--or later in Iowa? they built terminal trackage in Dubuque in 1887-->
|1899
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|CB&Q
|CB&Q
|1868<!--opened bridge into Burlington - or was there anything earlier?-->
|1970
|Burlington Northern Inc.
|-
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1901
|1907
|N/A
|Leased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Burlington and Pacific Railroad
|
|MSTL
|1882
|1882
|Central Iowa Railway
|-
|Chicago, Clinton and Dubuque Railroad
|
|MILW
|1871
|1877
|Clinton and Dubuque Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad
|
|MILW
|1878
|1880<!--or 1883?-->
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|Chicago, Clinton and Western Railroad
|
|RI
|1877
|1878
|Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
|-
|Chicago, Decorah and Minnesota Railway
|
|RI
|1881
|1902
|Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
|-
|Chicago, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad
|
|MILW
|1871
|1877
|Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Fort Madison and Des Moines Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1899
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Fort Madison and Des Moines Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1890
|1899
|Chicago, Fort Madison and Des Moines Railroad
|-
|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
|-
|Chicago, Iowa and Dakota Railway
|
|CNW
|1882
|1903
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Chicago, Iowa and Kansas Railway
|
|RI
|1876
|1877
|Chicago, Clinton and Western Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Iowa and Minnesota Railway
|
|CNW
|1895
|1901
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad
|
|CNW
|1856
|1884
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Chicago, Iowa and Northern Pacific Railroad
|
|RI
|1885
|1888
|Davenport, Iowa and Dakota Railroad
|-
|Chicago and Iowa Western Railway
|
|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
|-
|Chicago, Omaha and St. Joseph Railroad
|
|RI
|1872
|1882
|Cedar Rapids and Clinton Railway
|-
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|RI, ROCK
|RI
|1947
|1980
|Burlington Northern Inc.<!--at Burlington-->, 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, Kewash Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad<!--not an error - see Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/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
|-
|Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway of Iowa
|
|ATSF
|1886
|1887
|Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway
|-
|Chicago and South Western Railway
|
|RI
|1869
|1876<!--?-->
|Iowa Southern and Missouri Northern Railroad
|-
|Chillicothe and Chariton Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1878
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Clarinda, College Springs and South Western Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1878
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Clinton and Dubuque Railroad
|
|MILW
|1877
|1878
|Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad
|-
|Colfax Northern Railroad
|
|
|1901
|1912
|Colfax Northern Railway
|-
|Colfax Northern Railway
|
|
|1912<!--?-->
|1926<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Council Bluffs Railway
|CBGR
|
|1991
|2006
|Iowa Interstate Railroad
|-
|Council Bluffs and Ottumwa Railway
|CBOA
|
|1989
|1991
|Council Bluffs Railway
|-
|Council Bluffs and St. Joseph Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1858
|1869
|St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
|-
|Council Bluffs and St. Louis Railway
|
|WAB
|1878
|1886
|Omaha and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Creston Branch of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1871
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Creston and Northern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1878
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Creston, Winterset and Des Moines Railroad
|
|
|1911
|1918
|N/A
|-
|Crooked Creek Railroad and Coal Company
|
|CNW
|1875
|1916
|Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad
|-
|Davenport, Clinton and Eastern Railway
|
|CB&Q/ MILW
|1895
|1901
|Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway
|-
|Davenport, Iowa and Dakota Railroad
|
|RI
|1882
|1892
|Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
|-
|Davenport and North Western Railway
|
|MILW
|1876
|1879
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|Davenport and Rock Island Railway Bridge Company
|
|CB&Q/ MILW
|1884
|1895
|Davenport and Rock Island Bridge, Railway and Terminal Company
|-
|Davenport and Rock Island Bridge, Railway and Terminal Company
|
|CB&Q/ MILW
|1895
|1898
|Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway
|-
|Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway
|DRI
|CB&Q/ MILW
|1898
|1995
|Soo Line Railroad
|-
|Davenport and St. Paul Railroad
|
|MILW
|1868
|1876
|Davenport and North Western Railway
|-
|Des Moines, Adel and Western Railroad
|
|MILW
|1875
|1880
|Des Moines North Western Railway
|-
|Des Moines and Central Iowa Railroad
|D&CI, DCI
|CNW
|1922
|1949<!--?-->
|Des Moines and Central Iowa Railway
|Electric until 1949<!--?-->
|-
|Des Moines and Central Iowa Railway
|DCI
|CNW
|1949
|1983
|Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
|-
|Des Moines and Fort Dodge Railroad
|
|MSTL
|1874
|1915
|Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Des Moines, Indianola and Missouri Railroad
|
|RI
|1870
|1876
|Iowa Southern and Missouri Northern Railroad
|-
|Des Moines, Iowa Falls and Northern Railway
|
|RI
|1899
|1908
|St. Paul and Des Moines Railroad
|-
|Des Moines and Kansas City Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1888
|1898
|Keokuk and Western Railroad
|-
|Des Moines and Knoxville Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1878
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Des Moines and Minneapolis Railroad
|
|CNW
|1877
|1884
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Des Moines and Minnesota Railroad
|
|CNW
|1870
|1877
|Des Moines and Minneapolis Railroad
|-
|Des Moines and Northern Railway
|
|MILW
|1889
|1891
|Des Moines, Northern and Western Railway
|-
|Des Moines, Northern and Western Railroad
|
|MILW
|1895
|1899
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|Des Moines, Northern and Western Railway
|
|MILW
|1891
|1895
|Des Moines, Northern and Western Railroad
|-
|Des Moines North Western Railway
|
|MILW
|1880
|1888
|Des Moines and Northwestern Railway
|-
|Des Moines and Northwestern Railway
|
|MILW
|1887
|1891
|Des Moines, Northern and Western Railway
|-
|Des Moines, Osceola and Southern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1879
|1887
|Des Moines and Kansas City Railway
|-
|Des Moines and St. Louis Railroad
|
|WAB
|1881
|1899
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Des Moines Southern Railway
|
|RI
|1901
|1903
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Des Moines Terminal Company
|
|
|1902
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Des Moines Union Railway
|DMU
|
|1884
|1989
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Des Moines Valley Railroad
|
|MSTL, RI
|1864
|1873
|Des Moines and Fort Dodge Railroad, Keokuk and Des Moines Railway
|-
|Des Moines Western Railway
|
|CNW
|<!--no idea - before 1911, when the St. Paul and Kansas City Short Line Railroad bought a portion-->
|1974
|Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
|-
|Des Moines Western Railway
|
|MILW
|1871
|1874<!--?-->
|Des Moines, Adel and Western Railroad
|-
|Des Moines, Winterset and South Western Railroad
|
|RI
|1871
|1879
|Iowa Southern and Missouri Northern Railroad
|-
|Dubuque, Bellevue and Mississippi Railway
|
|MILW
|1870
|1871
|Chicago, Clinton and Dubuque Railroad
|-
|Dubuque and Dakota Railroad
|
|CGW
|1878
|1887
|Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Dubuque and MacGregor Railway
|
|MILW
|1868
|1869
|Dubuque and Minnesota Railway
|-
|Dubuque, Marion and Western Railroad
|
|MILW
|1860
|1863
|Dubuque South Western Railroad
|-
|Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad
|
|MILW
|1877
|1878
|Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad
|-
|Dubuque and Minnesota Railway
|
|MILW
|1869
|1871
|Chicago, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad
|-
|Dubuque and Northwestern Railway
|
|CGW
|1883
|1886
|Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Dubuque and Pacific Railroad
|
|IC
|1853
|1860
|Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
|-
|Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
|
|IC
|1860
|1946
|Illinois Central Railroad
|-
|Dubuque South Western Railroad
|
|MILW
|1863
|1881
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|Dubuque Western Railroad
|
|MILW
|1855
|1861
|Dubuque, Marion and Western Railroad
|-
|Dunleith and Dubuque Bridge Company
|
|IC
|1867
|1946
|Illinois Central Railroad
|-
|Eldora Railroad and Coal Company
|
|MSTL
|1866
|1868
|Iowa River Railway
|-
|Fairfield and Ottumwa Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1900
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Farmers Union Railroad
|
|
|1875
|1875
|N/A
|-
|Forest City Southern Railway
|
|CNW
|1881
|1882
|Chicago, Iowa and Dakota Railway
|-
|Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad
|
|CNW
|1906
|1942<!--?-->
|Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway
|-
|Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway
|FDDM
|CNW
|1942
|1983
|Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
|Electric until 1955
|-
|Fort Dodge and Fort Ridgeley Railroad
|
|MSTL
|1878
|1881
|Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Fort Dodge and Fort Ridgeley Railroad and Telegraph Company
|
|MSTL
|1876
|1878
|Fort Dodge and Fort Ridgeley Railroad
|-
|Fort Dodge and Omaha Railroad
|
|IC
|1898
|1900
|Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
|-
|Fort Madison, Farmington and Western Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1869
|1870
|Burlington, Fort Madison and Southwestern Railway
|-
|Fort Madison and Keokuk Railway and Transportation Company
|
|CB&Q
|1862
|1867
|Keokuk and St. Paul Railway
|-
|Fort Madison and Northwestern Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1872
|1890
|Chicago, Fort Madison and Des Moines Railway
|-
|Fort Madison, Oskaloosa and Northwestern Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1872
|1872
|Fort Madison and Northwestern Railway
|-
|Fort Madison, West Point, Keosauqua and Bloomfield Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1853
|1857
|Iowa Southern Railroad
|-
|Galena and Chicago Union Railroad
|
|CNW
|1862<!--leased the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad etc.-->
|1864
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Gowrie and Northwestern Railway
|
|RI
|1899
|1900
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Great Northern Railway
|GN
|GN
|1907
|1970
|Burlington Northern Inc.
|-
|Grinnell and Montezuma Railroad
|
|MSTL
|1875
|1882
|Keithsburg, Grinnell and Dakota Railway
|-
|Guthrie and Northwestern Railroad
|
|RI
|1879
|1890
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Harlan and Kirkman Railway
|
|CNW
|1899
|1900
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Hastings and Avoca Railroad
|
|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<!--leased the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad-->
|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<!--??-->
|-
|Iowa Railway
|
|MSTL
|1888
|1888
|Iowa Central Railway
|-
|Iowa Railway, Coal and Manufacturing Company
|
|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
|Mississippi, Maquoketa and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Iowa Central and Northwestern Railway
|
|MSTL
|1880
|1882
|Central Iowa Railway
|-
|Iowa Central and Western 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
|-
|Iowa Eastern Railroad
|
|MILW
|1872
|1880
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad
|
|IC
|1867
|1888
|Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
|-
|Iowa and Great Northern Railway
|
|GN
|1905
|1910
|Great Northern Railway
|-
|Iowa Midland Railway
|
|CNW
|1870
|1884
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Iowa and Minnesota Railroad
|
|RI
|1870
|1883
|Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls and Northwestern Railway
|-
|Iowa and Minnesota Railway
|
|CNW
|1866
|1870<!--or 1869?-->
|Des Moines and Minnesota Railroad
|-
|Iowa, Minnesota and North Pacific Railway
|
|RI
|1871
|1877
|Newton and Monroe Railroad
|-
|Iowa, Minnesota and Northwestern Railway
|
|CNW
|1898
|1900
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Iowa and Missouri State Line Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1859
|1870
|Burlington and Southwestern Railway
|-
|Iowa Northern Railway
|
|
|1882
|1901<!--?-->
|Colfax Northern Railroad
|-
|Iowa Northern Central Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1867
|1870
|Keokuk, Iowa City and Minnesota Railroad
|-
|Iowa and Omaha Short Line Railway
|
|
|1908<!--?-->
|1916
|N/A
|-
|Iowa Pacific Railroad
|
|CGW
|1870
|1879<!--??-->
|Dubuque and Dakota Railroad, Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad
|-
|Iowa River Railway
|
|MSTL
|1868
|1869
|Central Railroad of Iowa
|-
|Iowa and St. Louis Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1901<!--or later in Iowa?-->
|1903
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Iowa Southern Railroad
|ISR
|
|1984<!--??-->
|1989<!--?-->
|Council Bluffs and Ottumwa Railway
|-
|Iowa Southern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1857
|1862
|Fort Madison and Keokuk Railway and Transportation Company
|-
|Iowa Southern Railway
|
|CNW
|1913
|1920
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Iowa Southern Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1868
|1870
|Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway
|-
|Iowa Southern Junction Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1858
|1859
|Iowa Southern Railroad
|-
|Iowa Southern and Missouri Northern Railroad
|
|RI
|1876
|1880
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Iowa Southern Utilities Company
|ISN, ISU
|
|1916
|1941
|Southern Iowa Railway
|-
|Iowa Southwestern Railroad
|
|RI
|1870
|1872
|Chicago, Omaha and St. Joseph Railroad
|-
|Iowa and Southwestern Railway
|
|
|<!--no idea-->
|1916
|N/A<!--or Iowa and Southwestern Railroad??-->
|-
|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<!--also Des Moines Union and Des Moines Western-->
|1906
|<!--no idea - not even the RRB knows-->
|
|-
|Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1870
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Keithsburg Bridge Company
|
|MSTL
|1881
|1901
|Iowa Central Railway
|-
|Keithsburg, Grinnell and Dakota Railway
|
|MSTL
|1882
|1882
|Central Iowa Railway
|-
|Keokuk Railway and Improvement Company
|
|CB&Q
|1891
|1900
|St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Keokuk and Des Moines Railway
|
|RI
|1874
|1924
|St. Paul and Kansas City Short Line Railroad
|-
|Keokuk, Fort Des Moines and Minnesota Railroad
|
|MSTL, RI
|1853
|1864
|Des Moines Valley Railroad
|-
|Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company
|
|TP&W
|1868
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Keokuk and Hamilton Mississippi Bridge Company
|
|
|1866
|1868
|Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company
|-
|Keokuk, Iowa City and Minnesota Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1870
|1874
|Burlington and Northwestern Railway, Keokuk and North Western Railroad
|-
|Keokuk and Minnesota Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1869
|1870
|Keokuk, Iowa City and Minnesota Railroad
|-
|Keokuk, Mount Pleasant and Muscatine Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1855
|1866
|Keokuk and St. Paul Railway
|-
|Keokuk, Mount Pleasant and Northern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1879
|1881
|Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1881
|1889
|Mount Pleasant and Keokuk Railroad
|-
|Keokuk and North Western Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1876
|1881
|Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Keokuk and St. Paul Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1867
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Keokuk Union Depot Company
|
|CB&Q/ RI/ TP&W/ WAB
|1890
|
|
|Still exists as a <!--nonoperating?-->subsidiary of the Keokuk Junction Railway
|-
|Keokuk and Western Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1886
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Keosauqua and Southwestern Railroad
|
|RI
|1880
|1890
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Kewash Railroad
|KWTR
|
|1983<!--??-->
|1988<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Leon, Mount Ayr and Southwestern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1878
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Linn County Railway
|
|CNW
|1886
|1887
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Manchester and Oneida Railway
|
|
|1900
|1951
|N/A
|-
|Maple River Railroad
|
|CNW
|1876
|1884
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Maple Valley Railway
|
|CNW
|1886
|1887
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Maquoketa, Hurstville and Dubuque Railroad
|
|MILW
|1888
|1903
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|Marshalltown and Dakota Railway
|
|CNW
|1895
|1903<!--?-->
|Newton and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad
|
|CGW
|1881
|1940
|Chicago Great Western Railroad
|-
|Mason City and Fort Dodge Railway
|
|CGW
|1902
|1905
|Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad
|-
|Mason City and Minnesota Railway
|
|MILW
|1870
|1871
|Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|McGregor and Missouri River Railway
|
|MILW
|1869
|1880
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|McGregor and Sioux City Railway
|
|MILW
|1868
|1869
|McGregor and Missouri River Railway, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|McGregor Western Railway
|
|MILW
|1863
|1867
|Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|Milwaukee, Chicago, Cassville and Montana Railroad
|
|MILW
|1871
|1872
|Iowa Eastern Railroad
|-
|Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railway
|
|MILW
|1865<!--leased the McGregor Western Railway-->
|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
|-
|Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad and Telegraph Company of Iowa
|
|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
|Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad and Telegraph Company of Iowa
|-
|Minnesota and Iowa Railway
|
|CNW
|1898<!--or later in Iowa?-->
|1900
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Minnesota and Iowa Southern Railway
|
|MSTL
|1878
|1881
|Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad
|
|CGW
|1886<!--or earlier in Iowa?-->
|1887
|Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway
|-
|Mississippi, Maquoketa and Northwestern Railroad
|
|CNW
|1868
|1871
|Iowa Midland Railway
|-
|Mississippi and Missouri Railroad
|
|RI
|1853
|1866
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Mississippi River Railroad and Toll Bridge Company
|
|ATSF
|1886<!--or later in Iowa?-->
|1900
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Mississippi Valley and Western Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1871
|1875
|St. Louis, Keokuk and North Western Railway
|-
|Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1870
|1886
|Keokuk and Western Railroad
|-
|Missouri Valley and Blair Railway and Bridge Company
|
|CNW
|1882
|1920
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Moulton, Albia and Des Moines Railroad
|
|WAB
|1899
|1899
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Mount Pleasant and Keokuk Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1889
|1889
|St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Moville Extension Railway
|
|CNW
|1901
|1901
|Sioux City and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Murray and Creston Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1900
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Muscatine, Burlington and Southern Railroad
|
|RI
|1916
|1925
|Burlington, Muscatine and Northwestern Railway
|-
|Muscatine and Iowa City Railway
|
|RI
|1915
|1916
|N/A
|Leased several lines from the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Muscatine North and South Railroad
|
|RI
|1893
|1905
|Muscatine North and South Railway
|-
|Muscatine North and South Railway
|
|RI
|1905
|1916
|Muscatine, Burlington and Southern Railroad
|-
|Muscatine Western Railroad
|
|RI
|1870
|1872
|Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway
|-
|Nebraska Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1875<!--or later in Nebraska? any predecessors?-->
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Nebraska City, Sidney and North Eastern Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1878
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|New Sharon, Coal Valley and Eastern Railroad
|
|MSTL
|1880
|1882
|Chicago, Burlington and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Newton and Monroe Railroad
|
|RI
|1877
|1880
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Newton and Northwestern Railroad
|
|CNW
|1902
|1909
|Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad
|-
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|N&W, NW
|
|1964
|1998
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company
|
|IC
|1893<!--authorized in Iowa-->
|1946
|Illinois Central Railroad
|-
|Omaha and St. Louis Railroad
|
|WAB
|1896
|1901
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Omaha and St. Louis Railway
|
|WAB
|1887
|1896
|Omaha and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Ottumwa, Cedar Falls and St. Paul Railway
|
|CNW
|1883
|1884
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Ottumwa Terminal Railroad
|
|
|
|1989
|Council Bluffs and Ottumwa Railway
|-
|Red Oak and Atlantic Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1870
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Sabula, Ackley and Dakota Railroad
|
|MILW
|1870
|1872
|Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|Sac City and Wall Lake Railroad
|
|CNW
|1877
|1878
|Maple River Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1869
|1870
|Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
|-
|St. Louis and Cedar Rapids Railway
|
|WAB
|1865
|1873
|St. Louis, Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids Railway
|-
|St. Louis, Des Moines and Northern Railway
|
|MILW
|1881
|1889
|Des Moines and Northern Railway
|-
|St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1887
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Keokuk and North Western Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1875
|1887
|St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Keosauqua and St. Paul Railroad
|
|RI
|1873
|1875
|Keosauqua and Southwestern Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids Railway
|
|WAB
|1875
|1887
|Wabash Western Railway
|-
|St. Paul and Des Moines Railroad
|
|RI
|1905<!--?-->
|1911
|St. Paul and Kansas City Short Line Railroad
|-
|St. Paul and Kansas City Short Line Railroad
|
|RI
|1911
|1948
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|-
|St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad
|
|CNW
|1879<!--or earlier in Iowa?-->
|1881
|Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
|-
|Sioux City Bridge Company
|
|CNW
|1872
|1956
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Sioux City and Dakota Railroad
|
|MILW
|1879
|1881
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|-
|Sioux City, Dakota and North Western Railway
|
|CNW
|1909
|1910
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Sioux City and Northern Railroad
|
|GN
|1887
|1900
|Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway
|-
|Sioux City and Pacific Railroad
|
|CNW
|1864
|1901
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Sioux City and Pembina Railway
|
|MILW
|1870<!--??-->
|1879
|Sioux City and Dakota Railroad
|-
|Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad
|
|CNW
|1866
|1879
|St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad
|-
|Sioux City Terminal Railroad and Warehouse Company
|
|GN
|1889
|1900
|Union Terminal Railway
|-
|Sioux City Terminal Railway
|SCT
|
|1907
|1972
|N/A
|-
|Sioux Valley Railway
|
|CNW
|1887
|1887
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Soo Line Railroad
|SOO
|CP
|1986
|1997
|I&M Rail Link
|-
|Southern Industrial Railroad
|SIRR
|
|1964<!--?-->
|1967<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Southern Iowa Railway
|
|
|1941
|1965
|Southern Industrial Railroad
|-
|Southern Iowa Railway
|
|CNW
|1900
|1901
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Southern Iowa Traction Company
|
|
|1910
|1914
|Centerville, Albia and Southern Railway
|-
|Stacyville Railroad
|
|IC
|1897
|1903
|Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
|-
|Stanwood and Tipton Railway
|
|CNW
|1872
|1884
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Tabor and Northern Railway
|
|
|1887
|1934
|N/A
|-
|Tama and Toledo Railroad
|
|CNW
|<!--no idea-->
|1953
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|Electric until 1925
|-
|Tarkio Valley Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1880<!--or later in Iowa?-->
|1900
|Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
|-
|Toledo and Northwestern Railway
|
|CNW
|1869
|1890
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway
|
|TP&W
|1869<!--got trackage rights into Keokuk-->
|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<!--had trackage rights into Fort Madison-->
|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
|-
|Waterloo Railroad
|WLO
|IC/ RI
|1955
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railroad
|
|IC/ RI
|1944<!--?-->
|1956
|Waterloo Railroad
|-
|Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway
|
|IC/ RI
|1904
|1944
|Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railroad
|Electric 1912-1947<!--?-->
|-
|Waukon and Mississippi Railroad
|
|MILW
|1875
|1880
|Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad
|-
|Waverly Short Line
|
|RI
|1885
|1902
|Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
|-
|Webster City and Southwestern Railroad
|
|CNW
|1883
|1890
|Crooked Creek Railroad and Coal Company
|-
|Western Iowa Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1884
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway
|
|GN
|1900<!--or earlier through lease?-->
|1907
|Great Northern Railway
|-
|Winona, Osage and Southwestern Railway
|
|CGW
|1891
|1891
|Winona and Southwestern Railway
|-
|Winona and Southwestern Railway
|
|CGW
|1888
|1894
|Winona and Western Railway
|-
|Winona and Western Railway
|
|CGW
|1894
|1901
|Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska Railway
|
|CGW
|1882
|1886
|Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway
|-
|Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad
|
|CGW
|1901
|1920
|Chicago Great Western Railroad
|-
|Worthington and Sioux Falls Railroad
|
|CNW
|1879
|1879
|St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad
|}
;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<!--Muscatine-->
- 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
- 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<!--Dubuque-->
- 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.