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Burlington Junction Railway welcomed more than 100 employees and family members to a recent event in Burlington to mark the ...
BNSF Railway on Oct. 20 named Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) its 2016 Short Line of the Year at its annual Short Line Conference. BNSF recognized BJRY “for its dedication to promoting safety ...
CSX receives the 2025 Diolkos Award. Also, Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) celebrates its 40th anniversary.
The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is seeking public comments on a draft plan for the future of the state’s rail system. The DOT is in the process of updating the State Rail Plan. Part of the ...
BURLINGTON, Iowa (KWQC) - A sink hole has been discovered underneath the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks in Burlington, Iowa. A hold in the city’s stone pipe sewer system was ...
Burlington firefighters spent three days training for gas leaks and other train-related incidents with help from Amtrak and the BNSF railroad. Sep. 22—A nearby ethanol plant, multiple rail lines ...
DOT map of railroad freight lines. The rail traffic coming into Iowa is providing some mixed signals on economic conditions. The DOT’s Stuart Anderson says the volume of some items shipped by ...
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Officials say plans to demolish an old pier in Burlington by blowing it ended up damaging a section of a new railroad bridge. The Hawk Eye reports that 90-feet of the new ...
CLINTON, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Transportation Commission has awarded a $2 million grant to help fund an industrial park and rail port in Clinton.
As discussions about transit in the Greater Iowa City area remain constant, city officials continue conceptualizing ways to improve public transportation. One such concept revolves around the ...