Burlington Junction Railway welcomed more than 100 employees and family members to a recent event in Burlington to mark the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BURLINGTON — The city of Burlington is seeking a grant that would pay for a study of the city’s 16 railroad crossings.

But that plan was weighed down by the realities of the economy in the late 2000s plus the difficulty in leasing rail line from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, which owns the line and right ...

Representatives for railroad companies oppose the Iowa bill, arguing they’ve voluntarily made dramatic safety improvements across every aspect of the industry.

The agency had received a call from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad reporting the derailment.Four grain cars derailed, and one landed on a parked truck.