Keokuk Junction Railway
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| Keokuk Junction Railway Company | |
|---|---|
| Reporting marks | KJRY |
| Locale | Iowa Illinois |
| Dates of operation | 1857 – present |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge) |
| Headquarters | Keokuk, Iowa; Peoria, Illinois |
The Keokuk Junction Railway Company (AAR reporting mark KJRY), is a Class III railroad interline carrier in the US state of Illinois and Iowa.
KJRY started service as a terminal railroad operating over tracks built in 1857 as part of the Keokuk & Des Moines Valley Railroad (the earliest railroad in Iowa). The K&DMVR was leased and later purchased by the Rock Island Railroad.
In August 1981, KNRECO, Inc., an Iowa corporation d/b/a Keokuk Junction Railway (KJRY) purchased the Keokuk Union Depot building, along with surrounding real estate and 4.5 miles of yard trackage at Keokuk, this was part of the bankruptcy court decisions for the Rock Island railroad in 1980. Service on the KJRY started in September 1981.
In December 1986, KJRY purchased 33.5 miles of TP&W trackage (then managed by Santa Fe railroad) extending from Keokuk and Warsaw to LaHarpe, IL.
On March 12, 1996, Pioneer Railcorp purchased 93% of the common stock of KNRECO, Inc., an Iowa corporation d/b/a Keokuk Junction Railway (KJRY) from the shareholders, and purchased all of the remaining common shares of KJRY in April of 1996. KJRY operates a common carrier railroad line within the City of Keokuk, Iowa, from Keokuk to LaHarpe, Illinois, and a branch line from Hamilton to Warsaw, Illinois, a total of approximately 38 miles. KNRECO, Inc. changed its corporate name to Keokuk Junction Railway Co. (KJRY) effective April 10, 1996.
On December 19, 2001, the KJRY purchased 12.1 miles of track from LaHarpe to Lomax, Illinois and was assigned trackage rights from Lomax, Illinois to Ft. Madison, Iowa, a distance of approximately 15.5 miles over the BNSF, allowing the KJRY to interchange traffic with the UP. The KJRY also interchanges with the BNSF at Keokuk. The railroad's principal commodities are corn, corn germ, corn syrup, meal, gluten feed, and railroad wheels.
On October 28, 2004, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) granted KJRY's feeder line application to acquire the assets of the old Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (TPW) western main line (LaHarpe to Peoria, Illinois).
February 11, 2005, the company completed the acquisition of the 76 miles from LaHarpe to Peoria, Illinois. Tripling the length of the KJRY's trackage.
[edit] Interchange Services
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (Keokuk, IA and Peoria, IL)
- Union Pacific Railroad (Fort Madison, IA and Peoria, IL)
- Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway (Hollis, IL)
- Tazewell & Peoria RR (Peoria, IL)
- Canadian National Railway (Peoria, IL)
- Northfolk Southern Railroad (Peoria, IL)
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (Peoria, IL)
- Illinois & Midland Railroad (Peoria, IL)
- Pioneer Industrial Railway (Peoria, IL)
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