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Iowa Northern Railway
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- Type
- Freight railroad — Class III railroad acquired by CN with Surface Transportation Board approval in January 2025; recorded for its CRISI rail-renewal award
- Market · Region
- United States · Iowa
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
Iowa short line, now CN-owned, with a federal grant to lay welded rail on 27 miles of main line.
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Holder of a CRISI award to lay continuous welded rail on a 27.3 mile main line segment and so lift it to FRA Class 3. Part of CN since 1 March 2025, when the two railroads joined operations after the Board's January 2025 approval.
- Type
- Freight railroad — Class III railroad acquired by CN with Surface Transportation Board approval in January 2025; recorded for its CRISI rail-renewal award
- Where
- Iowa · Waterloo
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
Structure
- Contract detail and values (1)$5–25mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (2)
- ● STB approves CN acquisition of Iowa Northern with conditions · Surface Transportation Board release 25-02 of 14 January 2025: approves CN's acquisition and operation of Iowa Northern's roughly 218 mile Iowa system (Docket FD 36744) with gateway, oversight and local-service conditions (published 2025-01-14 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36523403720CRSIA (FRA CRISI to Iowa Northern) · FRA CRISI award: replace jointed rail with new 115-pound continuous welded rail on a 27.3 mile main line segment to lift it from FRA Class 1 and 2 to Class 3; federal $7,173,452, non-federal $7,173,452, total $14,346,904; signed 25 January 2023; period 15 October 2022 to 31 October 2024 (published 2023-01-25 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Northern welded rail upgrade | Awarded | $5–25m |
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- Procurement structure
- Award history (2)
- Entry path
- Portals (1)
- Published contacts (1)
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5 sources · all primary
- ● USAspending award 69A36523403720CRSIA (FRA CRISI to Iowa Northern) · FRA CRISI award: replace jointed rail with new 115-pound continuous welded rail on a 27.3 mile main line segment to lift it from FRA Class 1 and 2 to Class 3; federal $7,173,452, non-federal $7,173,452, total $14,346,904; signed 25 January 2023; period 15 October 2022 to 31 October 2024 (published 2023-01-25 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36521402890CRSIA (FRA CRISI to Iowa Northern) · FRA CRISI award titled IANR Education and Training Program, $5,425,464, period 1 July 2021 to 31 July 2027 (search result line only) (published 2021-07-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● STB approves CN acquisition of Iowa Northern with conditions · Surface Transportation Board release 25-02 of 14 January 2025: approves CN's acquisition and operation of Iowa Northern's roughly 218 mile Iowa system (Docket FD 36744) with gateway, oversight and local-service conditions (published 2025-01-14 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa Northern Railway news · Railroad's news page (reachable); registered as the body's newsroom (published undated · 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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