About Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad

LocomotiveThe Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad (IC&E) (AAR reporting marks ICE) is a Class II railroad operating in the north central United States. The IC&E is jointly owned with the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad by Cedar American Rail Holdings, making the combined system the largest class II railroad in the US. Created by the purchase of I&M Rail Link LLC, IC&E commenced operations on July 30, 2002. The 1,400 miles (2,253 km) line, based in Davenport, Iowa, serves the states of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Principal commodities include chemicals, coal, steel, automobiles, and agricultural products. Train dispatching is performed at a joint DM&E/IC&E facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.The ICE was formed by the parent company to take over the operations of the I&M Rail Link (IMRL). The Illinois and northern Iowa portions of the ICE was in earlier times a part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the Milwaukee Road). IC&E began operations on July 30, 2002.The line that ran from the Quad Cities through Ottumwa, Iowa, Chillicothe, Missouri, and Kansas City, Missouri was also part of the Milwaukee Road until the Soo Line bought it and began operations on it in 1986. In 1997, I&M Rail Link purchased the line, though it's time as a railroad was short-lived. In 2002, ICE acquired the line and Canadian Pacific still uses it today.Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a division of the Teamsters, gained a contract with the transportation crews on January 24, 2005. Railroad employees first organized under the labor union on December 17, 2003.On September 4, 2007, Canadian Pacific Railway announced its intention to purchase the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad in a transaction that would include the IC&E and other affiliated companies.*

*information obtained from wikipedia.org

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