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Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway
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- Type
- Freight railroad — Class III short line between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City; recorded for its CRISI tie-renewal award, not for any owner or operating detail read on a primary page
- Market · Region
- United States · Iowa
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
Eastern Iowa short line with federal grants for tie renewal over 56 miles and Cedar Rapids yard safety.
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Holder of three FRA CRISI awards signed between January 2025 and December 2025: main-line tie renewal over 56 miles, a bridge over the Union Pacific main line near Cedar Rapids, and Cedar Rapids yard safety.
- Type
- Freight railroad — Class III short line between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City; recorded for its CRISI tie-renewal award, not for any owner or operating detail read on a primary page
- Where
- Iowa · Cedar Rapids
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
Structure
- Contract detail and values (2)$5–25mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (3)
- ● USAspending award 69A36525420740CRSIA (FRA CRISI to CRANDIC) · FRA CRISI award for the UP overhead bridge: federal $2,978,015, total $5,956,030; signed 2 January 2025 (below the floor) (published 2025-01-02 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36525422060CRSIA (FRA CRISI to CRANDIC) · FRA CRISI award: final design and construction for tie replacement along 56 miles of main line, raising track class 1 to 2; federal $19,040,000, non-federal $4,760,000, total $23,800,000; signed 6 August 2025; period 1 June 2025 to 31 March 2027 (published 2025-08-06 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36526420600CRSIA (FRA CRISI to CRANDIC) · FRA CRISI award for the Streamline Rail Operations and Improve Yard Safety in Cedar Rapids project: federal $5,850,000, non-federal $5,850,000, total $11,700,000; signed 8 December 2025; period 1 October 2025 to 31 August 2027 (published 2025-12-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRANDIC main line tie replacement | In execution | $5–25m | Published October 2024 |
| CRANDIC Cedar Rapids yard safety | In execution | $5–25m |
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- Procurement structure
- Award history (4)
- Entry path
- Published contacts (1)
Full detail withheld: 4 fields. In the United States edition · See a fully open example
5 sources · 4 primary
- ● USAspending award 69A36526420600CRSIA (FRA CRISI to CRANDIC) · FRA CRISI award for the Streamline Rail Operations and Improve Yard Safety in Cedar Rapids project: federal $5,850,000, non-federal $5,850,000, total $11,700,000; signed 8 December 2025; period 1 October 2025 to 31 August 2027 (published 2025-12-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36525422060CRSIA (FRA CRISI to CRANDIC) · FRA CRISI award: final design and construction for tie replacement along 56 miles of main line, raising track class 1 to 2; federal $19,040,000, non-federal $4,760,000, total $23,800,000; signed 6 August 2025; period 1 June 2025 to 31 March 2027 (published 2025-08-06 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36525420740CRSIA (FRA CRISI to CRANDIC) · FRA CRISI award for the UP overhead bridge: federal $2,978,015, total $5,956,030; signed 2 January 2025 (below the floor) (published 2025-01-02 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Iowa receiving $97 million for transportation efforts (KCRG, Senator's announcement) · Lists FRA CRISI awards under the IIJA announced 25 October 2024: Iowa Interstate $29,883,200 for the Colfax, De Soto, Rock River and Atkinson bridges; CRANDIC $19,040,000; East Erie Commercial Rail $48,412,512 for locomotive remanufacturing. Secondary: the federal amount for the Iowa Interstate award is read here because the railroad's release prints none and no USAspending record was found (published 2024-10-25 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa State Rail Plan (full document) · Full 2025 plan: railroad inventory (Iowa Interstate the one Class II; Cedar Rapids & Iowa City and Iowa Northern Class III), Corridor ID entry for Chicago-Moline accepted December 2023 with a $500,000 grant, investment program Tables 5.5 and 5.10 (short-range passenger 2 projects $18,800,000; short-range freight 64 projects $591,963,355; long-range passenger 10 projects $1,081,750,000; long-range freight 64 projects $726,219,000), CN's announced Iowa Northern acquisition; cover prints 'Accepted by the Federal Railroad Administration on December 29, 2025; Last revised June 2026' (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
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