Keokuk Junction Railway
 No. 1752 in black and yellow "Peoria & Western" livery | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| 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 | patriotrail |
The Keokuk Junction Railway Co. (reporting mark KJRY), is a Class III railroad in the U.S. states of Illinois and Iowa.[3] It was formerly a subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp,[2] but now operates as a subsidiary of Patriot Rail Company.[4]
History
[edit]The present company was incorporated in 1980 as the Keokuk Northern Real Estate Co.,[5] formed in May 1980 to purchase 4.5 miles (7.2 km) of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad yard track in Keokuk, Iowa.[6] 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][6] formerly owned by the Toledo, Peoria and Western.[5]
Pioneer Railcorp filed with the Surface Transportation Board to acquire 66.62% of KNRECO, Inc. (the KJRY) from majority shareholder John Warfield,[7] and purchased KNRECO in March 1996.[6]
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][6]
Brookhaven Rail Partners acquired Pioneer Rail corporation on July 31, 2019.[8]
Connections
[edit]- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad — Keokuk, Iowa, Bushnell, Illinois, and Peoria, Illinois
- Canadian National Railway — Peoria, Illinois
- Illinois and Midland Railroad — Peoria, Illinois
- Iowa Interstate Railroad — Peoria, Illinois
- Norfolk Southern Railroad — Peoria, Illinois
- Pioneer Industrial Railway — Peoria, Illinois
- Tazewell and Peoria Railroad — Peoria, Illinois
- Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway — Hollis, Illinois
- Union Pacific Railroad — Fort Madison, Iowa and Peoria, Illinois
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Keokuk Junction Railway Company KJRY #365". Short Line Railroad Directory. Union Pacific. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Keokuk Junction Railway Co". Peoria County, Illinois: Pioneer Railcorp. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- ^ Surface Transportation Board Decision, STB Finance Docket No. 34397: Keokuk Junction Railway Company–Alternative Rail Service–Line of Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway Corporation, decided October 31, 2003, page 1
- ^ "Keokuk Junction Railway (KJRY)". Patriot Rail Company. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ a b Pioneer Railcorp (1996-02-20). "Form 8-K (current report), document 0000796374-96-000003". Washington, D.C.: Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- ^ a b c d "Keokuk Junction Railroad Co. (KJRY)" (PDF). Rail Transportation Bureau, Iowa Department of Transportation. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ Williams, Vernon (1996-03-26). "Pioneer Railcorp; Acquisition of Control Exemption; KNRECO, Inc., d/b/a/ Keokuk Junction Railway" (PDF). Federal Register. 61 (59) – via GovInfo.
- ^ "Related, Brookhaven Rail Partners, and Stephens Complete Acquisition of Pioneer Railcorp, A Premier Owner of Short-Line Railroads and Railroad Related Businesses". Pioneer Railcorp. 2019-07-31. Archived from the original on 2020-11-23.
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External links
[edit]
- Official website
- A Tribute to the Keokuk Junction Railway — information about the KJRY prior to 1996 purchase