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Iowa Trolley Lines
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City
Interurban Passenger Cars. 
Locomotives.
Charles City Western
There is a full page covering this interurban line which also operated diesels.
Des Moines Railway
Des Moines City Railway
City Cars.
Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern Ry.
Passenger Cars.
Freight and Non-revenue Equipment.
Iowa Electric Light & Power Co.
This company is included in the Cedar Rapids & Iowa City locomotive page.
Iowa Southern Utilities Co.
Southern Iowa Ry.
We have a full page on this line.
Iowa Terminal RR
Iowa Traction RR
Mason City & Clear Lake RR
We have a full page on this line.
Iowa Transfer Ry.
The Iowa Transfer owns a transfer yard in Des Moines which was built in 1907. It was owned by the Rock Island, the Burlington, Chicago Great Western, Des Moines Union, and Des Moines Western. The DMW was owned by the Ft Dodge Des Moines & Southern. Service was provided by the owning roads until 1920 when the trackage was electrified and a locomotive was leased from the WCF&N In 1922 it was purchased. In 1932 switching was turned over to the connecting railroads until 1936, when electric service was restored. By 1950 the overhead was in need of replacement, and the an Alco S1 was purchased. In 1970 switching was returned to the connecting lines and the diesel was sold.
1 was built by McGuire-Cummings in 1914 as Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern 180. It was leased in 1920 and became IT 1 in December 1922. It was rebuilt in October 1923 at Waterloo with a larger cab. In 1936 it received a pantograph, reportedly from the Milwaukee Road. In August 1950 it became FDDMS 208 and it was scrapped in 1956.
Sioux City Service Co.
We have a full page on this system.
Tama & Toledo Electric Ry. & Light Co.
This little line opened in 1894 its namesake towns with two LaClede single truck cars. They did a little freight hauling including coal to the power plant. In 1912 it was acquired by Iowa Railway & Light Co and the name was changed to Tama & Toledo Ry. In 1919 the line was relocated. Leander Clark College closed and the state took over the property for an orphanage. They insisted that rail service be available to supply coal. A freight belt was built around the edge of Tama directly to the orphanage. Meanwhile the city of Tama decided to pave the street on which the trolleys ran, and the railway would be assessed. So the railway moved the passenger service to the freight belt. An electric locomotive was acquired in 1920, probably from the Crandic since both properties were under the same ownership. Passenger service was replaced by a bus in 1925 and apparently the freight service was de-electrified at the same time. 2nd number 1, 22 1/2 Ton, CL-6, Whitcomb July 1929, #12897, upgraded the service.
It was replaced by number 2, 25 Ton, General Electric 1944, #27810, and 1 went to Iowa Electric Light & Power Co. All service ended on January 1, 1953, and 2 went to IEL&P at Marshalltown.
5 was built by St Louis Car in 1908, Order #787.
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