Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

Extant Iowa Railroad/Railway Structures

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This listing builds on data assembled by Jeff Asay and Bruce McLean and published in the RSHS Bulletin.

Contributors: LaVerne Andreessen, Vincent C. Anselmo, Jeff Asay, Mike Avitt, John Bandstra, Bryan Bechtold, Gordon Bjoraker, Jeff Borne, Charles Brinkley, Robert Brown, James Burt, Sam Cook, Bob Davis, Shane Delaney, Jim Dent, Matt Demuth, James Duff, Bob Franke, Jack Franklin, Jeff Geerts, Bradley J. Grefe, Elizabeth Guenzler, Doug Harding, Gary Hart, Don Heflin, Michael Hiatt, Angela Holm, Pat Hucker, Jim Hutchinson, Meredith Johnston, David Kroeger, Rick Kuhn, John Larkin, Jim Lohman, John MacQueen, John Mann, Bill Manon, Jr., John Matrow,  Jack W. McLaughlin, Norm Metcalf, Alexander D. Mitchell IV, Rick Morgan, Al Muir, John Nelson, Randal R. Nicholas, Brian Nitzschke, N.L. Pitsch, Job Luning Prak, Clark Propst, Dick Steffen, Jerry Schwengel, Vince Smith, Paul Stum, Andy Swanson, Jim Torgeson, Mike Vana, Tim Vana, Sid Vaughan, Bernie Wagenblast and Bryon Weesner

City	Railroad	Current Location	Type	Current Use	Date Built	Track Status	Bldg. Mat.	Current Railroad	Notes	Field Checked
Ackley	Illinois Central	on site, end of State Street	C	museum/police station	1926	in use	brick	Chicago Central and Pacific (CC)		10/11
Adaza	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	moved to farm, north of Guthrie Center, Highway 25 N four miles, west 1/4 mile, south 1/8 mile	C	storage		none	wood	none
Adel	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	218 S. Ninth Street	C	law office	1906	gone	wood	none	on Raccoon Valley bike trail, restored	9/15
Akron	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	on site	C	business	1906	in use	wood	Dakota-Iowa
Albert City	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to Albert City Historcal Museum, 212 North 2nd Street	P	museum		none	wood	none	part of historical village, 2 story, restored	6/10
Albia	Albia Light & Railway	near Public Square	IPh	business	1910	gone	brick	none		9/23
Albia	Albia Light & Railway	near Public Square	ICb	Monroe County Museum	1910	gone	brick	none		9/23
Albia	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy		F			in use	metal	BNSF
Albia	Minneapolis and St. Louis/Wabash	South 8th/Washington Avenue	C			in use	brick	UP		9/11
Albia	Minneapolis and St. Louis	on site at 860 Washington Avenue East	F	vacant		in use	brick	Sou. Iowa		10/11
Algona	Chicago and North Western	on site	C	business		in use	brick	UP	restored	1/12
Alta	Illinois Central	relocated	C	business	1912	none	wood	none	altered
Alton	Chicago, St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha/ Chicago and North Western	1301 3^rd Avenue	C	business		in use	wood	UP	restaurant
Alton	Chicago, St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha	just south of Floyd River	Wt	abandoned		in use	steel	UP		3/07
Amana	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	on site off 48^th Avenue	C	rr	1883	in use	wood	Cedar Rapids & Iowa City	renovated	5/24
Ames	Ames & Collegeville RR	on site just west of Morrill Hall on ISU campus	C	student lounge	1891	gone	wood	none	greatly modified, only roofline is original	7/10
Ames	Chicago and North Western	on site at 525 Main Street	P	business	1920	in use	brick	UP	modified	6/10
Anamosa	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to Jones County Historical Society Museum, east of Amber at 13838 Edinburgh Road, Scotch Grove	C	museum		none	wood	none		2011
Ardon (ghost town)	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated 2391 Independence Avenue southwest of Ardon	C	township hall		none	wood	none		8/10
Arthur	Chicago and North Western	relocated in town	C	business		none	wood	none	?
Ashton	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha	at foot of 1^st Street	Wt	abandoned		in use	brick	UP		3/07
Atalissa	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	Cherry Street and Railroad Street	C	vacant	1911	in use	wood	IAIS		5/24
Atlantic	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	Chestnut/1st Street	P	chamber of commerce	1898	in use	brick	Iowa Interstate (IAIS)	includes office building, restored	6/16
Atlantic	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	west of town, to north of highway, 590^th Street west of new allignment	B	abandoned		gone	concrete	none	solitary bridge abutment	6/16
Atlantic	Iowa Interstate	east side of Locust	F	rr		in use	metal	Iowa Interstate (IAIS)	replacement depot	6/16
Atlantic	Atlantic Northern and Southern	west side of Locust, north of CRI&P row	C	storage		gone	concrete	none	two story,additions	6/16
Audubon	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	relocated to southwest corner of US 71/ Broadway	C	offices		none	wood	none	modified, roof line remains	8/11
Aurelia	Illinois Central	moved to west Storm Lake, Allen/State Route 7	C	For Sale		none	wood	none	modified, former restaurant	4/06
Bagley	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	moved to Bayard	C			none	wood	none		3/07
Bayard	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	moved to lumberyard, 1st Avenue /Railway Street	C	storage		none	wood	none
Bayard	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated on State Route 141, half a block west of Main Street, south side	C			none	wood	none	depot from Bagley	3/07
Beaver	Chicago and North Western	moved to Moingona	C	museum		none	wood	none	Kate Shelley Railroad Museum	3/12
Bedford	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (Humeston & Shenandoah)	moved to Taylor County Museum, 1001 Route 2, west of town on north side of Iowa 2	C	museum		none	wood	none	shelter from Ladoga	6/16
Belle Plaine	Chicago and North Western	8th Avenue/11th Street	P	vacant	1894	in use	brick	UP	two story, division offices	5/24
Bentonsport	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	moved from Bonaparte to Mason House Inn, 21982 Hawk Drive	P				wood		fomer KC&MDV
Berkley	Minneapolis and St. Louis	relocated east of Ogden, a mile north of US 30 at Batton Chapel historical site	C	museum	c1900	none	wood	none	restored	6/10
Bettendorf	Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern	between 23rd Street and 25th Street by power lines	C	rr		in use	wood	I&M Rail Link (IMRL)	sided	10/10
Bloomfield	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	on site	C	day care center			wood			6/07
Boone	Chicago and North Western	between 9^th and 10^th Street	F	rr		in use	brick	UP	express building
Boone	Chicago and North Western		F	Chamber of Commerce		in use	brick	UP	2 story	9/15
Boone	Chicago and North Western		Sh			in use	brick	UP	miscellaneous buildings
Boone	Chicago and North Western	Des Moines River, west of town	B	unused	1899-1901	gone	steel	none	multi-span deck girder trestle	12/10
Boone	Union Pacific	over Des Moines River west of town, north of old bridge	B	rr	2009	in use	steel/concrete	UP	half girders from former CMStP&P bridge between Madrid and Woodward	12/10
Boone	Union Pacific		O	rr	1986	in use		UP	Iowa Service Unit offices	5/16
Boone	replica	225 10th Street	P	tourist		in use	wood	Boone & Scenic Valley		9/23
Boone	Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern	11th/Marshall	IF	storage		gone	brick	none		9/15
Boone	Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern	at Boone and Scenic Valley on Story Street	IC	museum		museum	wood	B&SV	depot from Napier, restored	3/12
Boone	Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern	over Bass Point Creek, northwest of town	IB	rr	1912	in use	steel	B&SV		9/23
Boone	Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern	over Des Moines River, northwest of town	IB	rr	1914, 1922	in use	steel	B&SV	steel girder	9/23
Booneville	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	relocated on Main street	C	residence		none	wood	none
Booneville	Iowa Interstate (Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific)	Raccoon River, west of town	B	rr	2020	in use	steel	IAIS	The former quadrangular span through truss bridge, built in 1900, was removed in summer 2020, as part of a replacement program for all truss bridges on the IAIS.
Bouton	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to South Street between Luther Street and West First Street	C	garage		none	wood	none		9/15
Brandon	Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern		IC	business	1913	gone	brick	none
Breda	Chicago and North Western	Main Street	C	museum	c1907	gone	wood	none	visitors center, Sauk Rail Trail, restored.	1/09
Buck Grove	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to 2370 County E39, 0.7 mile west of town	C	residence		none	wood	none		8/11
Burlington	Chicago, Burlington and Northern	300 South Main Street	P	municipal owned, mostly unused	1944	in use	stone	BNSF	two story, on National Register	11/11
Burlington	Amtrak	adjacent to CB&Q depot, 300 South Main Street	P	rr	c1980s	in use		BNSF	Amtrak stop	2011
Burlington	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	Mississippi River	B	rr		in use	steel	BNSF	multi-span through truss	2011
Burlington	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy		Sh			in use	various	BNSF		2011
Burlington	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	just north of Mississippi bridge	F	business	1900	in use	brick		restaurant	11/10
Burt	Chicago and North Western		F			aband.	metal	none	?
Burt	Chicago and North Western	First Street/Iowa Avenue	M	residence		in use	wood		with additions	9/05
Bussey	Wabash	relocated to Knoxville	C	display		none	wood	none		5/21
Calamus	Chicago and North Western	relocated to Colfax	C	museum		none	wood	none		2011
Calmar	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	201 North Maryville Street	P	municipal	1915	in use	stucco	none	visitors center, Prairie Farmer rail trail	5/22
Calmar	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	on site	Rh	storage		gone	wood	none	two stalls remain	1/12
Camanche	Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern (Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific)	moved to 14^th Avenue and 6^th Street	C	residence		gone	wood	none		6/05
Camanche	Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern	relocated to 102 12th Avenue	C	museum		none	wood	none	Camanche Historical Society Depot Museum	10/10
Carpenter	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	on site	M	rr		in use	wood	CP	maintenance-of-way building	3/07
Carroll	Chicago Great Western		C			gone		none	greatly altered	7/06
Carroll	Chicago and North Western	407 West 5th Street	P	Chamber of Commerce	1896	in use	brick/stone	UP	restored	9/15
Carroll	Chicago and North Western	next to depot	F		1896	in use	brick/stone	UP	baggage building	5/10
Carroll	Chicago and North Western		F	business		in use	wood	UP
Carson	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	relocated to southeast corner of Broadway and Commerce	C	residence?		none	wood	none	depot from Macedonia, restored	5.21
Cedar Falls	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	422 Main St.	P	business		in use	brick/stone		modified	3/05
Cedar Rapids	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern)		Sh				brick		miscellaneous structures ?
Cedar Rapids	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	over Cedar River west of Interstate 380	B	rr		in use	steel		5 span through truss	6/06
Cedar Rapids	Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern	between 1^st Avenue SE and 2^nd Avenue SE	O	business		none	brick	none	old office building	8/05
Cedar River	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	in Cedar River	B	abandoned		gone		none	only piers remain	8/07
Center Junction	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific		B						poor shape	5/08
Center Junction	Chicago and North Western	relocated east of State Route 38, go through town following paved road to dead end T road, go north 100 feet	C	private storage		none	wood	none		2011
Center Point	Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern	700 Washington Street	IC/S	museum/trail use	1914	gone	brick/stucco	none	Cedar Falls Nature Trail, restored, history center	12/09
Centerville	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	on site at 1124 South 18^th Street	C	VFW Post	1911	gone	brick	none	restored	9/22
Centerville	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	quarter of a mile south of County Road J46 on 210^th Avenue	C	residence		none	brick	none		9/08
Chariton	Chicago, Burlinton and Quincy	on site	C	rr		in use	brick/aluminum siding	BNSF		9/23
Chariton	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	115 Auburn Avenue	F	former arts and cultural center/rental hall,in financial difficulty	1904	gone	wood	none	restored	9/23
Chariton	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	Court Avenue and South Sixth	C	rr		in use	brick	UP
Charles City	Charles City Western	North Grand Avenue/11th Street	IC	business	1911	in use	brick	Cedar River		5/24
Charles City	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	Cedar River	B	rr		in use		CPRS		2011
Charles City	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	1120 North Grand Avenue	P	rr	1912	in use	brick	CPRS		5/24
Charter Oak	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to farm near Ricketts, from Ricketts go one mile east on G Avenue, then 0.5 mile north on 160^th Street	C	restored		none	wood	none		1/10
Chatsworth	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	moved to Hawarden	C	vacant residence		none	wood	none		6/10
Cherokee	Illinois Central	119 South 4th Street	P	museum	1896	in use	brick	CC	remodeled 1920’s	9/12
Cherokee	Illinois Central	adjacent to depot	M			in use	brick	CC	express building
Cherokee	Illinois Central	West Elm /South 4th Street	F			in use	wood	CC	1st floor of former passenger depot
Cherokee	Illinois Central		M			in use	brick	CC	miscellaneous yard structures
Clarinda	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	East Main Street/ North 8th Street	P	meeting space		gone	brick	none		6/16
Clarinda	Humeston & Shenandoah	East Garfield Street/ South 9th Street	F	storage		gone	wood	none	restored	6/16
Clarinda	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	relocated to Nodoway Valley Historical Museum, 1600 South 16^th Street	C	display		none	wood	none	depot from College Springs	6/16
Clarion	Chicago Great Western	relocated south of town	C	residence		none	wood	none
Clarion	Chicago Great Western	end of 3^rd Avenue SW	Eh	business		gone	metal	none
Clarion	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	302 South Main	P	museum	1898	in use	brick	UP	Clarion Railroad Depot
Clarksville	Chicago Great Western	on site	C			in use	concrete block		at the west end of Butler County Nature Trail	2011
Clarksville	Chicago Great Western	Shell Rock River,west of town	B	trail use		gone		none	BCNT	7/14
Clear Lake	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to 3429 Main Avenue	C	museum		trolley tracks	wood	Iowa Trolley Museum		5/24
Cleghorn	Illinois Central	relocated to 204 East Front Street	C	garage		none	wood	none		4/06
Clermont	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	at US 18 and Stone Street	C	elevator storage		gone	brick	none	two story	6/07
Clinton	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	off 4th Avenue on river front	F	rr		in use	wood	IC&E		2011
Clinton (Lyons)	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to 56 25th Avenue North	C	community center		none	wood	none	restored	2011
Clinton	Chicago and North Western	on site	P	vacant		in use	brick	UP	Endangered?	2017
Clinton	Chicago and North Western	317 11^th Avenue South	F	business		gone	brick	none
Clinton	Chicago and North Western	Camanche Avenue, west side of town south of US 30	Sh			in use		UP	micellaneous buildings	2011
Clinton	Chicago and North Western	Mississippi River	B	rr	1909	in use	steel	UP	through truss, multi-span, planned to be replaced	2011
Clive	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	8641 Swanson Boulevard	C	museum	1882	museum	wood	none	Clive Historical Society Museum	3/09
Colfax	Chicago and North Western	relocated to Trainland at 3135 State Route 117, north of town	C	museum		none	wood	none	depot from Calamus	2011
College Springs	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	relocated to Clarinda	C	museum		none	wood	none		6/16
Columbus Jct.	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	over Iowa River	B	Rr		in use	steel	CP	multi-span deck girder	6/16
Cone	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	south of town at 2382 State Route 72	C	residence		none	wood	none		3/09
Cornell	Minneapolis and St. Louis	at north end of town, north of Sioux Rapids	C	storage		gone	wood	none	small depot	6/07
Corydon	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	relocated to 1729 N.Lincoln Street	C	private storage		nearby	wood	UP		6/11
Council Bluffs	Burlington Northern	16^th Avenue	M	rr		use	metal	BNSF	prefab	6/16
Council Bluffs	Chicago Great Western	Harry Langdon Drive	Eh	business		gone	brick	none		10/11
Council Bluffs	Chicago and North Western	North 12^th Street	P	business		in use	brick	UP	only baggage end remains	6/16
Council Bluffs	Chicago and North Western	Avenue G	Rh	rr		in use	brick	UP	5 stall, heritage car shops	6/16
Council Bluffs	Chicago and North Western	Avenue G	Sh	rr		in use	steel	UP	4 stalls, heritage car shops	6/16
Council Bluffs	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific/Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	72 Bellevue Avenue	P	museum	1898/1901	in use	brick	IAIS	Rails West Railroad Museum	5/21
Council Bluffs	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	2708 South Avenue	Sh//O	rr		in use	metal	IAIS		9/16
Council Bluffs	Illinois Central	501 North 13th	Y	rr		in use	wood	CN	used for weighing freight cars	6/16
Council Bluffs	Illinois Central	end of North 13^th Street	Cd	unused		in use	concrete	CN		6/16
Council Bluffs	Illinois Central	North 15th Street/Avenue O	Tt	unused		gone	steel	CN		6/09
Council Bluffs	Illinois Central	over Missouri River between Council Bluffs and Omaha	B	unused	1893, 1908	unused	steel	none	swing bridge, two spans	12/15
Council Bluffs	Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway	in park at North 13^th Street/Avenue F	IP	park shelter		none	brick	none		6/16
Council Bluffs	Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway	three blocks south of IC yard office	ICbS							7/06
Council Bluffs	Union Pacific	over Missouri River	B	rr	1916	in use	steel	UP	multi-through truss spans	12/15
Council Bluffs	Wabash		M						store house	9/15
Council Bluffs	Wabash		Y						freight house/yard	9/15
Creston	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	116 West Adams Street	P	municipal	1899	in use	brick	BNSF	museum, city offices	6/16
Creston	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	503 Adams Street	C	rr		in use	brick	BNSF	Amtrak stop, pre-fab
Creston	BNSF	Adams Street	M	rr		in use	metal/brick	BNSF		6/16
Creston	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	East Montgomery Street/North Cherry Street	Sh	?			brick		part of shop complex	5/10
Crystal Lake	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	177 State Street South  43.2253,-93.7896	C			gone	steel	none	former motorcar 9056	10/13
Cylinder	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to city park on northeast side - 525^th Avenue and 2^nd Street	C	park shelter		none	wood	none	restored	6/10
Dakota City	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha (Chicago and North Western)	1621 Vine Streeet	C	municipal	1922		brick		replaced original depot burned in 1916. Restored	9/15
Dallas Center	Minneapolis and St. Louis	1302 Walnut Street	C	business	1913	none	wood		restored. Tracks gone since at least 2007.	9/15
Davenport	Union Station (Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific, Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy)	102 South Harrison Street	P	welcome center/museum	1924	in use	brick	CP	two storey	9/11
Davenport	Union Station mail/express building	adjacent to depot	F	business	1924	in use	brick	CP		9/11
Davenport	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	421 West River Drive	F	restaurant/bar	1917	in use	brick	CP		5/11
Davenport	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	in yards	F	rr		in use			Endangered!	4/13
Davenport	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	505 Iowa Street	F	lofts	1913	gone	brick	none		8/09
Davenport	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	Mississippi River	B	rr		in use	steel	IAIS	Government Bridge,through truss	6/11
Dawson	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	East Railroad Avenue	C	bike trail rest stop		gone	wood	none	Raccoon River Valley Trailhead. Restored	6/11
Dayton	Minneapolis and St. Louis	south of State Route 175	C	storage		none	brick	none		13/13
Decorah	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	203 West Pearl Street	P	office	1888	gone	wood	none	restored. On National Register	5/22
Decorah	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	Railroad Avenue/Railroad Street	F			gone	wood	none		1/11
Decorah	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	moved one block west to 1^st Street East/East Water Street	C	apartments	1869	gone	wood	none	two story	5/22
Deep River	Chicago and North Western	on site on State Route 85	F			gone	wood	none	??
Delmar	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	414 Lincoln Avenue	C	museum	1905	gone	wood	none	Delmar Depot Museum	5/16
Denison	Chicago and North Western	on site	C	rr		in use	brick	UP	modified	9/15
Denison	Chicago and North Western/Illinois Central	west of town	B	rr		in use	steel	UP	through truss and through plate girder	9/15
Derby	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	relocated just south of town at Vine/420th Street	C	farm storage		none	wood	none	freight section only	7/10
Des Moines (South Des Moines)	Chicago Great Western	901 Thomas Beck Road	C	offices	c1951	gone	brick	none	on site along bike trail next to river	9/11
Des Moines	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	over Des Moines River, SW Water Street, south of Cherry Street	B	rr		in use	steel	IAIS		9/11
Des Moines	American Railway Express	621 Des Moines Street	M			none		none	former stables
Des Moines	Des Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern	625 East Court Avenue	F	vacant	1902-03	gone	brick	none	two story, used as depot by Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern starting in 1933, on National Register	2008
Des Moines	Des Moines Union	over Des Moines River	B			gone	steel	none	restored	4/08
Des Moines	East Side Union Depot (Chicago Great Western, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, Wabash)	120 East Fifth Street	C	to be restored	1909	unused	brick		connected to business in back	4/17
Des Moines	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	100 Fourth Street	F	business		in use	brick			9/11
Des Moines	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	East 5th Street, south of Court Street	C							9/11
Dickens	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	1st Street/Main Street	C	former fire hall, scheduled for restoration		iuse	wood	CP		9/08
Dike	Chicago and North Western	East Front Street/Main Street	C	storage		gone	wood	none	To be demolished	4/16
Dinsdale	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	moved to farm at east end of Northwood Street	C							5/20
Donahue	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to Walnut Grove Historical Village northeast of Long Grove, 18817 290^th Street, Long Grove	C	museum	c 1870	none	wood	none	restored	2011
Donnellson	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	relocated to Railroad Park at North Oak Street/Mill Street	C	museum	1881	none	wood	none		5/24
Donnellson	Chicago Burlington and Quincy	relocated to 2208 220th Street, far east of town toward Fort Madison, north of State Route 2 on Golden Road then west on 220^th Street	C	abandoned museum		museum	wood	none	Fort Madison, Farmington & Western, plus replica buildings	2011
Douds	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	relocated to town park at 14168 Walnut Street	C	museum	1907	none	wood	none	restored	2011
Dows	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern)	1896 Railroad Street	C	municipal	1896	in use	brick	UP	restored, Dows Depot Welcome Center/museum, on National Register	9/11
Dubuque	Canadian National	Jones/US 52/61/151	M	rr		in use	metal	CN	two prefab buildings/office	6/06
Dubuque	Illinois Central	Mississippi River	B	rr		in use	steel		6 spans, through truss, one swing span	8/10
Dubuque	Chicagom Burlington and Quincy	in National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium complex at 350 East Third Street	P	museum		gone	brick	none	reconstructed and restored to earlier appearance	6/13
Dubuque	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	in National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium complex at 350 East Third Street	F	museum		gone	brick	none	altered	6/13
Dubuque	Union Electric	Central Avenue/24th Street	ICb	business	1900-01	gone	brick	none
Dunkerton	Chicago Great Western	relocated one mile north of town at 5924 State Route 281	C	private		none	wood	none	in poor shape	3/09
Durham	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	relocated in town, from County 17, go west on gravel road just north of track. After crossing track depot is in field to south, opposite 2053 McKimber Street	C	vacant		none	wood	none	depot from Harvey	6/16
Earlham	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	west of South Chestnut Avenue, on right-of-way	C							5/20
Eldon	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	on site	C	museum		gone	wood	none	shingle siding, Depot Museum	5/24
Eldon	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	405 North KD Avenue	M	municipal		gone	concrete block	none	crew bunkhouse	5/24
Eldon	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	relocated to 406 South 1st Street	C	residence		none	wood	none	depot from Libertyville, modified	2011
Eldon	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	over Des Moines River	B	abandoned		gone	steel	none	piers and two south spans	2011
Eldora	Chicago and North Western	relocated to 1215 Park Street	C	welcome center		display	wood	none	depot from Owasa	10/06
Elkader	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to Iowa Visitor Center at 900 Mascara Road	C	display		none	wood	none	small shed from Osborne	6/07
Elk Horn	Atlantic Northern and Southern	relocated to 4230 Main Street	C	business		none	wood	none	depot from Sciola	7/06
Ellsworth	Chicago and North Western	relocated to Desota Street/Des Moines Street	C	private storage		none	wood	none		2007
Elma	Chicago Great Western	319 Oak Street	C	museum	1884	gone	wood	none	only freight end is original	2011
Elma	Chicago Great Western	on site north of replacement bridge	F	storage/trail use		gone	metal	none	replacement depot	2011
Elmira	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	moved about 1.5 miles east of Morse, south side of road, perpendicular to road	C	residence		none	wood	none	modified	6/07
Emery	Iowa Terminal	12045 West State Street, Mason City	ISh	rr	1968	in use	metal	Progressive Rail	Emery is neighbourhood of Mason City
Emmetsburg	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	north side of town, Five Island Lake	B	rr		in use		UP
Estherville	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	west and south side of town, West Fork of Des Moines River	B	rr	1902	in use	wood	UP	through-plate girder bridge
Estherville	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	Near 2^nd Avenue North and North 2^nd Street, across tracks from city’s water tower	Eh	rr		in use	metal		Two stall, Field checked 9/14
Estherville	Minneapolis and St. Louis	Two blocks north of crossing of State Route 9 and Union Pacific tracks	Tt	abandoned		unused	steel	none		9/06
Estherville	Minnepolis and St. Louis	south side of Third Avenue South between South 10^th Street and South 12^th Street	Eh	business		gone	wood	none	two stall, corrugated metal siding	8/09
Fairfield	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	on site	P	rr	1912	in use	brick	BNSF		7/07
Fairfield	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	West Depot Street/North 4th Street	F	storage		in use	brick	BNSF		9/11
Fairfield	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	611 West Broadway Avenue	C	credit union		in use	brick			9/08
Farmington	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	6th Street/State Street, east of State Route 2 in residential area	C	residence		gone	wood	none	restored	8/11
Fayette	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	moved to hill on Jade Road, overlooking Volga Recreation Area	C	residence		none	wood	none		5/22
Ferguson	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	moved to farm one mile south of town	C	storage		none	wood	none	two story, poor condition	9/05
Floris	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	moved to Selma, IA area	C	cabin		none	wood	none		8/10
Fontanelle	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	relocated to Adair County Heritage Museum off Route 92 in Greenfield	C	museum		none	wood	none	Heritage Center Museum	6/16
Forest City	Minneapolis and St. Louis	private	C				wood		track ends at south edge of town	3/12
Fort Atkinson	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	on site	C	storage		in use	wood		depot cut in half, farm storage. One half “Hay”, the other half “Straw”	5/22
Fort Dodge	Chicago Great Western	22nd/Central	C	business	1951	in use	brick			3/09
Fort Dodge	Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Souther	1st South/15th Avenue	IF	business		gone	brick	none	restored
Fort Dodge	Illinois Central		F			in use		CC
Fort Dodge	Minneapolis and St. Louis	12th Street SE/12^th Avenue SE	C			gone	brick	none		7/07
Fort Dodge	Minneapolis and St. Louis	204 Central Avenue	F/O	business		west side track gone	brick			7/07
Fort Dodge	Minneapolis and St. Louis	over Des Moines Riiver valley	B	rr		in use	steel		high viaduct	6/06
Fort Madison	AT&SF	810 10^th Street	P	renovated and elevated	1910	in use	brick	BNSF	Amtrak stop/museum	5/23
Fort Madison (Shopton)	AT&SF	1601 West 20th Street	F	rr	1930s	in use	brick	BNSF	freight station/ crew change building	5/23
Fort Madison	AT&SF	Mississippi River	B	rr		in use	steel	BNSF		5/23
Fort Madison	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	across from old ATSF depot	C	rr		in use	brick	BNSF		5/23
Fostoria	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	moved to Harris	C	to be restored		none	wood	none	Endangered!
Fredericksburg	Chicago Great Western	moved to two miles east of Nashua at 2729 Cheyenne Avenue	C	museum		none	wood	none	at Old Bradford Pioneer Village, depot has Bradford sign, ghost town of Bradford once located at this site	4/09
Gaza	Illinois Central	moved one mile east and two miles north of town on County Road 154	C	farm use	1888	none	wood	none		4/06
George	Illinois Central	on site at elevator	C	storage		gone	wood	none		4/06
Gilbertville	Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern	on site at 6801 East Washburn Road	IC	trail stop	1912	gone	brick	none	Cedar Valley Nature Trail, restored	5/24
Glenwood	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	South Vine Street	C	rr		in use	brick	BNSF	maintenance-of-way	6/16
Gowrie	Minneapolis and St. Louis	North Beek Street in Laurel Park	C	display		none	wood	none		7/07
Grafton	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	on site, north of County 39	C	museum	1879	in use	wood	Illinois Chicago & Eastern	restored, 2 story	1/12
Grand Mound	Chicago and North Western replica	on farm northeast of town at 31 230th Street	C			none	wood	none	replica of Grand Mound depot	3/09
Greene	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	relocated 2 blocks west at 311 North 2nd Street	C	museum		none	wood	none	restored, 2 story	11/08
Greene	Iowa Northern	on site	O	rr	modern	in use		IANR	resembles a depot	6/05
Greenfield	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	SW 2^nd Street/Townline Road	C	gutted		gone	brick	none	Endangered!	5/21
Greenfield	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	relocated to State Route 92 west of town	C	museum		none	wood	none	depot from Fontanelle at Heritage Center Museum	5/21
Grinnell	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific/Minneapolis and St. Louis	1014 Third Avenue	P	restaurant	1892-3	in use	brick/stone	IAIS/UP	wood additions. On National Reegister	2011
Grinnell	Railway Express Agency	Park Street/3rd Avenue	M	model rr club		in use	brick	IAIS/UP		2011
Grinnell	Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen	just southeast of depot	M	residence		nearby		UP		2011
Guttenberg	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated	C				wood		depot from ?	7/05
Hale	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to farm about two miles west of town along County Road E45	M	farm storage	1936	none	wood	none	section building that replaced depot	8/07
Hamburg	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	on site	Wt	unused grain storage		in use	steel			9/15
Hamburg	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	Nishnabotna River, northeast of town	B	rr		in use	steel
Hamil	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	on site	C	storage at grain elevator		gone	wood	none		9/12
Hampton	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	relocated to county fairgrounds on State Route 3W	C	museum		none	wood	none	restored
Harlan	Chicago Great Western	407 Victoria Street, on site	C	restaurant		gone	wood	none	modified	7/06
Harlan	Chicago and North Western	relocated south of town to country club, Country Club Drive/12^th Street	C	club house		none	wood	none	modified	7/06
Harris	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated along former right-of-way	C	abandoned, available		gone	wood	none	depot from Fostoria	12/11
Harvey	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	moved to Durham,  opposite 2053 McKimber Street	C	vacant		none	wood	none		6/16
Haverhill	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	moved one block north of Catholic church	C	residence		none	wood	none	two storey	6/07
Hawarden	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to 1115 Falcon Avenue North (Avenue P)	C	residence		none	wood	none	remodeled freight section of combination depot	6/10
Hawarden	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to 113 East 12th	C	vacant residence		none	wood	none	depot from Chatsworth	6/10
Hawarden	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	Big Sioux River, north of town	B	rr		in use		South Dakota
Hawarden	Chicago and North Western	south end of Central Street	C	city offices		in use	wood	SD	modified
Hawarden	Chicago and North Western	Big Sioux River, west of town	B	rr		in use		SD
Hawarden	Chicago and North Western	on site in former yards	Tt	unused			steel			3/11
Hedrick	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific/Minneapolis and St. Louis	relocated to west side of town on State Route149	C	business		none	wood	none	V-shaped, restored	5/21
Hillsboro	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	moved to Mount Pleasant	C	museum		none	wood	none	Midwest Old Threshers Museum	2011
Holmes	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	relocated two-and-a-half miles north of town	C	residence		none	wood	none
Hopkinton	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated to corner of Grove Street and College Street	C	museum		unused	wood	none	Part of Delaware County Historical Museum. Moved in 1969	8/13
Hornick	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	201 Main Street	C	museum	1887	gone	wood	none	2 story, restored. On National Register	7/16
Hudson	Chicago Great Western	relocated to State Route 58 at Waterloo Street, east end of town	C	former museum		none	wood	none	depot from Gladbrook, restored, former Old Depot Museum	8/10
Humboldt	Minneapolis and St. Louis		M	residence			wood		section foreman house	7/07
Humeston	Keokuk and Western/Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	422 S. Eaton Ave.	C	museum/city hall		gone	stucco/brick	none	Humeston Union Depot Museum	9/23
Humeston	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	on site near depot	Wt	display		gone	wood	none	restored	9/23
Humboldt	Illinois Central	relocated in town	C	business		none	wood	none	depot from Manson
Ida Grove	Chicago and North Western	relocated to county park	C	shelter house		none	wood	none		8/06
Independence	Illinois Central	relocated slightly to U.S. 150 (Fifth Ave.), just north of tracks	C	museum/Buchanan County Tourism Visitors Center		nearby	brick	none	restored	8/21
Independence	Illinois Central	Wapsipinicon River	B	rr		in use		CC
Inwood	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	moved to Rock Valley	C	display		gone	wood	none		6/10
Ionia	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific	relocated south of city park, across tracks, west of County 14	C	storage		in use	wood	CP		2011
Ionia	Chicago Great Western	Wapsipinicon River, E of town	B	rr		in use				2011
Iowa City	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	115 Wright Street	P	offices	1898	in use	brick	IAIS		5/24
Iowa City	Burlington, Cedar Rapids &Northern (Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific)	on site	Rh	business		gone	brick	none	turntable gone, 3-4 stalls
Iowa Falls	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	south of Rocksylvania Avenue on Hollis Avenue	C	rr		in use	cinder block	UP		5/11
Iowa Falls	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	over Iowa River	B	rr		in use	steel	UP/IC	deck girder	6/06
Iowa Falls	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific/Illinois Central	606 West Second Street	T	museum	1909?	in use	wood	IC/UP	Mills Tower, located in fenced area, restored, only interlocking tower remaining in Iowa, also m-o-w buildings	9/13
Iowa Falls	Illinois Central	129 East Rocksylvania Avenue	C	vacant	1902-3	in use	brick	IC	on National Register	9/13
Iowa Falls	Illinois Central	Rocksylvania Avenue/Hamilton Street	F	For sale		in use	wood	IC		6/06
Iowa Falls	Ilinois Central	over Iowa River	B	rr		in use	steel	UP/IC	deck girder	6/06
Iowa Falls	Illinois Central		B	rr		in use	concrete		single arch	6/06

Iowa J-Z

Compiled by M. J. Camp, Bill Holdsworth and Elizabeth Guenzler, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

Removals:

2012 - 9/24 Barnes City

2010 - 9/10 Fonda, 11/10 Cedar and Lester

2009- 7/31 Bartlett and Lorimor, 10/28 Corning

2005 - 4/18 Coon Rapids, 4/28 CR&IC Iowa City

2004 - 6/9 Belmond, Bonaparte, Boyden, Charter Oak, Diagonal, Early, and Hull

Last Updated 1/7/25

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