page_title: Iowa Northern Railway
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: Iowa Northern Railway / Operations
caption_attribution_description: English: Iowa Northern Railway locomotive 678, painted in Rock Island Railroad colors, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
context_page_description: The Iowa Northern Railway is a Class III shortline railroad operating in the U.S. state of Iowa.
context_section_description: Iowa Northern Railway operates 163 miles (262 km) in Iowa between Cedar Rapids in eastern Iowa and Manly in north central Iowa. The railroad connects with the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway in Cedar Rapids; with the Canadian National Railway subsidiary Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo; with the Canadian Pacific Railway subsidiary Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad) in Nora Springs; and with the Union Pacific Railroad in Manly, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids and Belmond. The Oelwein Subdivision operates over 23 miles (37 km) and the Garner Subdision operates over 28 miles (45 km) of trackage with portions of travel via incidental trackage rights.  The railroad employs 100+ people, all located in Iowa.  The railroad is headquartered in Waterloo, and has Customer Service and General Offices located there as well. Its Bryant Yard Shops are located in Waterloo.  Traffic consists of grain, ethanol and other bio-fuels related commodities, chemicals, food products, and machinery.
  After the short line was established in 1984, the railroad handled 12,000 revenue cars and the average track speed was less than 10 mph (16 km/h).  In 2006, traffic surged to 40,000 revenue cars and with increases in track speed on some sections to 25 mph (40 km/h).
caption: IANR locomotive #678 at Cedar Rapids, carrying the Hawkeye Express and painted in Rock Island livery as a memorial
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