List of Iowa Railroads

Railroad Name Start Date End Date
Albia and Centerville Railway 1890 1910
Albia, Knoxville and Des Moines Railroad 1868 1901
Ames and College Railway 1890 1907
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 1863 1895
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1890 1996
Atlantic Northern Railway 1913 1936
Atlantic Northern and Southern Railway 1906 1913
Atlantic Southern Railroad 1879 1880
Atlantic Southern Railway 1913 1915
Atlantic and Audubon Railroad 1878 1880
Avoca, Harlan and Northern Railroad 1878 1899
Avoca, Macedonia and South Western Railroad 1879 1880
Boone County Railway 1899 1900
Boone Valley Coal and Railway Company 1893 1899
Boyer Valley Railway 1898 1900
Brownville and Nodaway Valley Railway 1872 1901
Burlington and Missouri Railroad 1871 1901
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad 1852 1875
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska 1869 1880
Burlington and Northwestern Narrow Gauge Railway 1875 1876
Burlington and Northwestern Railway 1876 1902
Burlington and Southwestern Railway 1869 1880
Burlington and Western Railway 1881 1903
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway 1868 1878
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway 1876 1903
Burlington, Fort Madison and Southwestern Railway 1870 1871
Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad 1858 1896
Cedar Falls and New Hartford Railroad 1903 1904
Cedar Falls and North Eastern Railroad 1904 1905
Cedar Rapids and Burlington Railroad 1867 1868
Cedar Rapids and Chicago Railroad 1886 1888
Cedar Rapids and Clinton Railway 1882 1902
Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad 1860 1884
Cedar Rapids and St. Louis Railroad 1871 1881
Cedar Rapids and St. Paul Railway 1865 1868
Cedar Rapids, Garner and Northwestern Railway 1898 1900
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls and Northwestern Railway 1880 1902
Centerville, Albia and Southern Railway 1914 1916
Centerville, Moravia and Albia Railroad 1879 1890
Central Iowa Railway 1878 1888
Central Railroad of Iowa 1869 1877
Chariton, Des Moines and Southern Railroad 1876 1901
Charles City Western Railway 1910 1964
Cherokee and Dakota Railroad 1887 1888
Chicago Great Western Railroad 1909 1941
Chicago Great Western Railway 1892 1909
Chicago and Iowa Western Railway 1891 1894
Chicago and North Western Railway 1859 1972
Chicago and South Western Railway 1869 1878
Chicago, Anamosa and Northern Railway 1903 1916
Chicago, Bellevue, Cascade and Western Railway 1878 1880
Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway 1880 1901
Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad 1885 1899
Chicago, Burlington and Pacific Railroad 1882 1882
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1855 1970
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway 1901 1907
Chicago, Clinton and Dubuque Railroad 1871 1877
Chicago, Clinton and Western Railroad 1877 1878
Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad 1878 1880
Chicago, Decorah and Minnesota Railway 1881 1902
Chicago, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad 1871 1877
Chicago, Fort Madison and Des Moines Railroad 1899 1901
Chicago, Fort Madison and Des Moines Railway 1890 1899
Chicago, Iowa and Dakota Railway 1882 1903
Chicago, Iowa and Kansas Railway 1876 1877
Chicago, Iowa and Minnesota Railway 1895 1901
Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad 1856 1884
Chicago, Iowa and Northern Pacific Railroad 1885 1888
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway 1872 1928
Chicago, Omaha and St. Joseph Railroad 1872 1882
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1866 1916
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway 1880 1948
Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway 1886 1900
Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway of Iowa 1886 1887
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway 1886 1893
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway 1880 1972
Chillicothe and Chariton Railroad 1878 1901
Clarinda, College Springs and South Western Railroad 1878 1901
Clinton and Dubuque Railroad 1877 1878
Colfax Northern Railroad 1901 1912
Colfax Northern Railway 1912 1926
Council Bluffs and St. Joseph Railroad 1858 1869
Council Bluffs and St. Louis Railway 1878 1886
Creston Branch of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad 1871 1901
Creston and Northern Railroad 1878 1901
Creston, Winterset and Des Moines Railroad 1911 1918
Crooked Creek Railroad and Coal Company 1875 1916
Davenport and North Western Railway 1876 1879
Davenport and Rock Island Bridge, Railway and Terminal Company 1895 1898
Davenport and Rock Island Railway Bridge Company 1884 1895
Davenport and St. Paul Railroad 1868 1876
Davenport, Clinton and Eastern Railway 1895 1901
Davenport, Iowa and Dakota Railroad 1882 1892
Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway 1898 1995
Des Moines North Western Railway 1880 1888
Des Moines Southern Railway 1901 1903
Des Moines Terminal Company 1902 Unknown
Des Moines Union Railway 1884 1989
Des Moines Valley Railroad 1864 1873
Des Moines Western Railway 1871 1974
Des Moines and Fort Dodge Railroad 1874 1915
Des Moines and Kansas City Railway 1888 1898
Des Moines and Knoxville Railway 1878 1901
Des Moines and Minneapolis Railroad 1877 1884
Des Moines and Minnesota Railroad 1870 1877
Des Moines and Northern Railway 1889 1891
Des Moines and Northwestern Railway 1887 1891
Des Moines and St. Louis Railroad 1881 1899
Des Moines, Adel and Western Railroad 1875 1880
Des Moines, Indianola and Missouri Railroad 1870 1876
Des Moines, Iowa Falls and Northern Railway 1899 1908
Des Moines, Northern and Western Railroad 1895 1899
Des Moines, Northern and Western Railway 1891 1895
Des Moines, Osceola and Southern Railroad 1879 1887
Des Moines, Winterset and South Western Railroad 1871 1879
Dubuque South Western Railroad 1863 1881
Dubuque Western Railroad 1855 1861
Dubuque and Dakota Railroad 1878 1887
Dubuque and MacGregor Railway 1868 1869
Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad 1877 1878
Dubuque and Minnesota Railway 1869 1871
Dubuque and Northwestern Railway 1883 1886
Dubuque and Pacific Railroad 1853 1860
Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad 1860 1946
Dubuque, Bellevue and Mississippi Railway 1870 1871
Dubuque, Marion and Western Railroad 1860 1863
Dunleith and Dubuque Bridge Company 1857 1946
Eldora Railroad and Coal Company 1866 1868
Fairfield and Ottumwa Railroad 1900 1901
Farmers Union Railroad 1875 1875
Forest City Southern Railway 1881 1882
Fort Dodge and Fort Ridgeley Railroad 1878 1881
Fort Dodge and Fort Ridgeley Railroad and Telegraph Company 1876 1878
Fort Dodge and Omaha Railroad 1898 1900
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad 1906 1942
Fort Madison and Keokuk Railway and Transportation Company 1862 1867
Fort Madison and Northwestern Railway 1872 1890
Fort Madison, Farmington and Western Railroad 1869 1870
Fort Madison, Oskaloosa and Northwestern Railway 1872 1872
Fort Madison, West Point, Keosauqua and Bloomfield Railroad 1853 1857
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad 1836 1864
Gowrie and Northwestern Railway 1899 1900
Great Northern Railway 1889 1970
Grinnell and Montezuma Railroad 1875 1882
Guthrie and Northwestern Railroad 1879 1890
Harlan and Kirkman Railway 1899 1900
Hastings and Avoca Railroad 1870 1901
Humeston and Shenandoah Railroad 1881 1896
Humeston and Shenandoah Railway 1896 1901
Illinois Central Railroad 1851 1972
Iowa Central Air Line Railroad 1853 1864
Iowa Central Railway 1888 1912
Iowa Central and Northwestern Railway 1880 1882
Iowa Central and Western Railway 1898 1916
Iowa City and Western Railway 1878 1902
Iowa Eastern Railroad 1872 1880
Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad 1867 1888
Iowa Midland Railway 1870 1884
Iowa Northern Central Railroad 1867 1870
Iowa Northern Railway 1882 1901
Iowa Pacific Railroad 1870 1879
Iowa Railway 1888 1888
Iowa Railway, Coal and Manufacturing Company 1873 1887
Iowa River Railway 1868 1869
Iowa South Western Railway 1880 1884
Iowa Southern Junction Railroad 1858 1859
Iowa Southern Railroad 1857 1862
Iowa Southern Railway 1868 1920
Iowa Southern Utilities Company 1916 1941
Iowa Southern and Missouri Northern Railroad 1876 1880
Iowa Southwestern Railroad 1870 1872
Iowa Transfer Railway 1906 Unknown
Iowa and Great Northern Railway 1905 1910
Iowa and Minnesota Railroad 1870 1883
Iowa and Minnesota Railway 1866 1870
Iowa and Missouri State Line Railroad 1859 1870
Iowa and Omaha Short Line Railway 1908 1916
Iowa and Southwestern Railway Unknown 1916
Iowa and St. Louis Railway 1901 1903
Iowa, Minnesota and North Pacific Railway 1871 1877
Iowa, Minnesota and Northwestern Railway 1898 1900
Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad 1870 1901
Keithsburg Bridge Company 1881 1901
Keithsburg, Grinnell and Dakota Railway 1882 1882
Keokuk Railway and Improvement Company 1891 1900
Keokuk Union Depot Company 1890 Unknown
Keokuk and Des Moines Railway 1874 1924
Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company 1868 Unknown
Keokuk and Hamilton Mississippi Bridge Company 1866 1868
Keokuk and Minnesota Railway 1869 1870
Keokuk and North Western Railroad 1876 1881
Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad 1881 1889
Keokuk and St. Paul Railway 1867 1901
Keokuk and Western Railroad 1886 1901
Keokuk, Fort Des Moines and Minnesota Railroad 1853 1864
Keokuk, Iowa City and Minnesota Railroad 1870 1874
Keokuk, Mount Pleasant and Muscatine Railroad 1855 1866
Keokuk, Mount Pleasant and Northern Railroad 1879 1881
Keosauqua and Southwestern Railroad 1880 1890
Leon, Mount Ayr and Southwestern Railroad 1878 1901
Linn County Railway 1886 1887
Manchester and Oneida Railway 1900 1951
Maple River Railroad 1876 1884
Maple Valley Railway 1886 1887
Maquoketa, Hurstville and Dubuque Railroad 1888 1903
Marshalltown and Dakota Railway 1895 1903
Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad 1881 1940
Mason City and Fort Dodge Railway 1902 1905
Mason City and Minnesota Railway 1870 1871
McGregor Western Railway 1863 1867
McGregor and Missouri River Railway 1869 1880
McGregor and Sioux City Railway 1868 1869
Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railway 1861 1867
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway 1863 1874
Milwaukee, Chicago, Cassville and Montana Railroad 1871 1872
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad 1894 1944
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad and Telegraph Company of Iowa 1895 1895
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway 1870 1894
Minnesota and Iowa Railway 1898 1900
Minnesota and Iowa Southern Railway 1878 1881
Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad 1854 1894
Mississippi River Railroad and Toll Bridge Company 1886 1900
Mississippi Valley and Western Railway 1871 1875
Mississippi and Missouri Railroad 1853 1866
Mississippi, Maquoketa and Northwestern Railroad 1868 1871
Missouri Valley and Blair Railway and Bridge Company 1882 1920
Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway 1870 1886
Moulton, Albia and Des Moines Railroad 1899 1899
Mount Pleasant and Keokuk Railroad 1889 1889
Moville Extension Railway 1901 1901
Murray and Creston Railroad 1900 1901
Muscatine North and South Railroad 1893 1905
Muscatine North and South Railway 1905 1916
Muscatine Western Railroad 1870 1872
Muscatine and Iowa City Railway 1915 1916
Muscatine, Burlington and Southern Railroad 1916 1925
Nebraska City, Sidney and North Eastern Railway 1878 1901
Nebraska Railway 1875 1908
New Sharon, Coal Valley and Eastern Railroad 1880 1882
Newton and Monroe Railroad 1877 1880
Newton and Northwestern Railroad 1902 1909
Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company 1892 1946
Omaha and St. Louis Railroad 1896 1901
Omaha and St. Louis Railway 1887 1896
Ottumwa Terminal Railroad Unknown 1989
Ottumwa, Cedar Falls and St. Paul Railway 1883 1884
Red Oak and Atlantic Railroad 1870 1901
Sabula, Ackley and Dakota Railroad 1870 1872
Sac City and Wall Lake Railroad 1877 1878
Sioux City Terminal Railroad and Warehouse Company 1889 1900
Sioux City Terminal Railway 1907 1972
Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad 1866 1879
Sioux Valley Railway 1887 1887
Southern Iowa Railway 1900 1901
Southern Iowa Traction Company 1910 1914
St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad 1867 1870
St. Louis and Cedar Rapids Railway 1865 1873
St. Louis, Des Moines and Northern Railway 1881 1889
St. Louis, Keokuk and North Western Railway 1875 1887
St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad 1887 1901
St. Louis, Keosauqua and St. Paul Railroad 1873 1875
St. Louis, Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids Railway 1875 1887
St. Paul and Des Moines Railroad 1905 1911
St. Paul and Kansas City Short Line Railroad 1911 1948
St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad 1870 1881
Stacyville Railroad 1897 1903
Stanwood and Tipton Railway 1872 1884
Tabor and Northern Railway 1887 1934
Tama and Toledo Railroad Unknown 1953
Tarkio Valley Railroad 1880 1900
Toledo and Northwestern Railway 1869 1890
Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway 1864 1880
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad 1879 1886
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway 1887 1927
Union Pacific Railroad 1862 1880
Union Pacific Railway 1880 1898
Union Terminal Railway 1900 1910
Wabash Railroad 1851 1915
Wabash Railway 1876 1942
Wabash Western Railway 1887 1889
Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway 1904 1944
Waukon and Mississippi Railroad 1875 1880
Waverly Short Line 1885 1902
Webster City and Southwestern Railroad 1883 1890
Western Iowa Railroad 1884 1901
Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway 1886 1907
Winona and Southwestern Railway 1872 1894
Winona and Western Railway 1894 1901
Winona, Osage and Southwestern Railway 1891 1891
Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska Railway 1882 1886
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad 1894 1920
Worthington and Sioux Falls Railroad 1878 1879