Iowa Interstate Rail

5900 6th Street S.W

Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

Iowa Interstate Railroad, LTD is a privately held Delaware Corporation and subsidiary of Railroad Development Corporation. It is also one of the few Regional Railroads that connects with the entire Class 1 railroad system (BNSF, UP, CN, CP, KCS, CSXT, and NS) at multiple locations. Their service runs from Council Bluffs, Iowa to Chicago with a branch line to Peoria, Illinois. They also provide daily service to Cedar Rapids, Iowa over the CIC railway. As a result, IAIS customers have the capability to ship and receive their goods to or from anywhere in North America. They also provide Intermodal facilities at Blue Island, Illinois and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Their service pattern is 7 days per week between the Omaha area and Chicago. They also offer access to the Mississippi and Illinois River terminals for rail to barge or barge to rail service. Trans-load facilities are also located in Council Bluffs and Newton Iowa.

Their locomotive fleet, track, and facilities are maintained to high standards and continually upgraded to provide safe reliable service to their customers and employees. They handle a wide range of commodities that include agricultural products, plastics, paper, steel, scrap, lumber and coal. They currently have access to over 1 billion gallons of ethanol and as such, they are one of the top carriers in the ethanol/feed market, sending many unit trains of product to markets throughout the U.S. each week. They are a member of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and American Short-line and Regional Rail Association (ASLRRA).

Full-time employees: 232