Iowa Northern Railway in the News
05/09/12 Iowa Public Radio: Iowa Community Preserves Short Line Rail Track
03/13/12 Iowa Public Radio: North Iowa Grain Train
Iowa Northern Expands Service
Photo by Dave Kroeger
11/22/11 Globe Gazette: Business brisk on rail line
11/11/11 Progressive Railroading: Profile: Dan Sabin, Iowa Northern Railway
10/11/11 Globe-Gazette: Rail line purchase good move to help local businesses.
10/05/11 Globe-Gazette:
Sale of 28-mile rail line from Forest City to Belmond to expand shipping options
04/02/11 WCF Courier: Railroad replaces 1890s bridge north of Cedar Falls
12/14/10 Globe-Gazette: Iowa Northern gets $3 million DOT Grant
10/09/10 WCF Courier: Iowa Northern gets federal grant for flood mitigation
07/21/10 WCF Courier: Iowa Northern Railroad unveils pollution-free locomotive
02/22/10 Corridor Business Journal: Chugging Along
10/22/09 Iowa DNR:
Iowa Northern Railway Awarded Grant for Diesel Exhaust Reduction Project
09/28/09 KCRG: Waterloo Unveils Replacement for Flood Damaged Bridge
09/28/09 KWWL: Waterloo rail road bridge reopens
09/28/09 WCF Courier:
Politicians visit, celebrate completion of railroad bridge in time for harvest
07/10/09 WCF Courier: Repairs under way on flood-damaged railroad bridge
06/29/09 Journal of Commerce: Back From the Brink
06/20/09 - Bloomberg: Dan Sabin speaks with Bloomberg News on the history and progress of the Iowa Northern Railway
05/27/09 FRA: IANR awarded Disaster Assistance Grant from FRA
05/13/09 WCF Courier: City clears way for railroad bridge repair
04/01/09 WCF Courier:
Bid to repair railroad bridge destroyed in floods has gained no steam
03/22/09 WCF Courier: Give a 'mighty good road' a break
02/19/09 KCRG: Railroad hopes stimulus bill helps rebuild flood damaged bridge
11/14/08 - KWWL: Flood damaged Waterloo railroad bridge still in disrepair
04/01/08 - The April 2008 issue of Railroads Illustrated features a great article written by John Leopard. The article, titled "The Iowa Northern Railway", gives a historical timeline of the Iowa Northern Railway Company starting from when the line was built by the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern including current operations and future plans.
08/01/07 - From the August 2007 issue of Trains Magazine:
"Ethanol: rail boom or bust?" "From the Rock's ashes rises Iowa Northern"
