WASHINGTON — Iowa Interstate Railroad plans to ask federal regulators to grant it trackage rights over Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern in the Midwest if UP’s proposed acquisition of NS is approved.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new documentary looks at the first 40 years of Iowa Interstate. David Lassen CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A new documentary about the ...

Iowa Interstate ES44AC 513 in Rock Island heritage colors rolls through the wye at Bureau Junction, Ill., hauling coal from Peoria to Ceder Rapids. Joseph Nimee/Wikimedia Commons. The IAIS is the only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louie Jordan, WOI One person is dead after a freight train derailed three miles west of Victor, Iowa, Wednesday afternoon. A ...

Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) has released a documentary offering an inside look at its evolution—from the “challenging early years,” the Railroad Development Corporation (RDC)-owned Class II said ...

A documentary film has been released about the history of the Iowa Interstate Railroad LLC, which marked its 40th anniversary in 2024. Founded in 1984 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the railroad began as a ...

Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd. (IAIS) has renamed its yard in Silvis, Illinois, as Pietrandrea Yard to honor Robert Pietrandrea, the president of the regional’s parent Railroad Development Corp. (RDC) ...

Henry Posner first entered the railroad business in 1966 at a time the industry was struggling and it didn’t look like trains would play much of a role in the country’s future. “When I went into the ...

In a typical year, Iowa Interstate Railroad's intermodal terminal on the eastern edge of Council Bluffs transfers about 50,000 shipping containers from trucks to railcars, or vice versa. Trends across ...

One person is dead after a freight train derailed three miles west of Victor, Iowa, Wednesday afternoon. A semi-truck on Iowa Highway 21, also known as 220th Street, struck the train around 12:45 p.m.