Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway (CN) Profile

Through its subsidiaries CCP and CEDR, CN operates a vital rail network across Iowa from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River. CN transports a wide range of products, including food, machinery, chemicals, and primary metals, while also supporting a strong ethanol franchise with plants along the routes between Dubuque and Sioux City and Council Bluffs corridor. The largest rail yard in CN’s Iowa network is in Waterloo.

Pie chart showing commodities transported by Canadian National Railway in Iowa: 12% Farm Products, 34% Food and Kindred Products, 45% Chemical and Allied Products, and 9% Other

Canadian National Railway (CN) contacts

Operates in Iowa as Chicago Central & Pacific (CCP) and Cedar River Railroad
(CEDR). CN is in the process of acquiring IANR.
www.cn.ca/en
Emergency number: 800-465-9239
Corporate HQ: 935 de La Gauchetiere St. W, Montreal PQ H3B 2M9
General offices: 17641 S. Ashland Ave., Homewood, IL 60430

BNSF in Iowa

  • Miles of track owned/leased/serviced in Iowa: 596.3
  • Miles operated under trackage rights in Iowa:  19.3
  • Employees in Iowa: 186

Transloading Locations

Transloading Locations
A-CD-LS-W
Cedar Falls, IADubuque, IASioux City, IA
Cedar Rapids, IALe Mars, IAWilliams, IA
Cherokee, IA  

Railroad Interchanges

Railroad Interchanges
Location Railroad Interchange 
Cedar Rapids
  • UP = Union Pacific
  • CIC = Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway
  • IAIS = Iowa Interstate Railroad
  • IANR = Iowa Northern Railway
Council Bluffs
  • IAIS = Iowa Interstate Railroad
  • UP = Union Pacific
  • IAIS = Iowa Interstate Railroad
Dubuque 
  • CPKC = Canadian Pacific Kansas City
Iowa Falls
  • UP = Union Pacific
Sioux City
  • DAIR = Dakota & Iowa Railroad
  • UP = Union Pacific
  • BNSF = BNSF Railway
Waterloo 
  • IANR = Iowa Northern Railway
  • UP = Union Pacific