Posted April 24, 2014, by Dylan VanAntwerp (dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com)
Iowa Northern never operated south of Cedar Rapids. The company did consider buying the rest of the former Rock Island from Cedar Rapids to Burlington, but there were two bridges out of service on the south end of the line, and IANR lacked the funds to get the line back in operation. Buying the section from Cedar Rapids to West Liberty would only have allowed interchange with the Iowa Railroad, now Iowa Interstate, which made little sense at the time.
Iowa Northern never operated south of Cedar Rapids. The company did consider buying the rest of the former Rock Island from Cedar Rapids to Burlington, but there were two bridges out of service on the south end of the line, and IANR lacked the funds to get the line back in operation. Buying the section from Cedar Rapids to West Liberty would only have allowed interchange with the Iowa Railroad, now Iowa Interstate, which made little sense at the time.