Overview | |
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Headquarters | Peoria County, Illinois; Keokuk, Iowa [1] |
Reporting mark | KJRY |
Locale | Central and western Illinois; Keokuk, Iowa |
Dates of operation | May 1980 | (current company)–
Technical | |
Track gauge | Standard gauge |
Length | 126 miles (203 km) operated + 15.5 miles (24.9 km) trackage rights [2] |
Other | |
Website |
pioneerlines |
The Keokuk Junction Railway Co. ( reporting mark KJRY), is a Class III railroad in the U.S. states of Illinois and Iowa. [3] It is a subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp. [2]
The present company was incorporated in 1980 as the Keokuk Northern Real Estate Co., [4] formed in May 1980 to purchase 4.5 miles (7.2 km) of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad yard track in Keokuk, Iowa. [5] The KJRY obtained that trackage in 1981. [1] In December 1986, the KJRY bought, from the Santa Fe Railway, 33.5 miles (53.9 km) of trackage consisting of the LaHarpe line and Warsaw line from Keokuk/ Warsaw, Illinois to LaHarpe, Illinois, [1] [5] formerly owned by the Toledo, Peoria and Western. [4]
Pioneer Railcorp filed with the Surface Transportation Board to acquire 66.62% of KNRECO, Inc. (the KJRY) from majority shareholder John Warfield, [6] and purchased KNRECO in March 1996. [5]
The KJRY bought 12.1 miles (19.5 km) from LaHarpe to Lomax, Illinois plus assigned trackage rights from Lomax to Fort Madison, Iowa in December 2011; and 76 miles (122 km) from the Toledo, Peoria and Western from LaHarpe to Peoria, Illinois in February 2005. [1] [5]
Brookhaven Rail Partners acquired Pioneer Rail corporation on July 31, 2019. [7]
Overview | |
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Headquarters | Peoria County, Illinois; Keokuk, Iowa [1] |
Reporting mark | KJRY |
Locale | Central and western Illinois; Keokuk, Iowa |
Dates of operation | May 1980 | (current company)–
Technical | |
Track gauge | Standard gauge |
Length | 126 miles (203 km) operated + 15.5 miles (24.9 km) trackage rights [2] |
Other | |
Website |
pioneerlines |
The Keokuk Junction Railway Co. ( reporting mark KJRY), is a Class III railroad in the U.S. states of Illinois and Iowa. [3] It is a subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp. [2]
The present company was incorporated in 1980 as the Keokuk Northern Real Estate Co., [4] formed in May 1980 to purchase 4.5 miles (7.2 km) of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad yard track in Keokuk, Iowa. [5] The KJRY obtained that trackage in 1981. [1] In December 1986, the KJRY bought, from the Santa Fe Railway, 33.5 miles (53.9 km) of trackage consisting of the LaHarpe line and Warsaw line from Keokuk/ Warsaw, Illinois to LaHarpe, Illinois, [1] [5] formerly owned by the Toledo, Peoria and Western. [4]
Pioneer Railcorp filed with the Surface Transportation Board to acquire 66.62% of KNRECO, Inc. (the KJRY) from majority shareholder John Warfield, [6] and purchased KNRECO in March 1996. [5]
The KJRY bought 12.1 miles (19.5 km) from LaHarpe to Lomax, Illinois plus assigned trackage rights from Lomax to Fort Madison, Iowa in December 2011; and 76 miles (122 km) from the Toledo, Peoria and Western from LaHarpe to Peoria, Illinois in February 2005. [1] [5]
Brookhaven Rail Partners acquired Pioneer Rail corporation on July 31, 2019. [7]