La Porte City Station, Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad
La Porte City Station, Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad

Author: Martha H. Bowers

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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"The La Porte City Station, also known as the La Porte City Hall, is a historic building located in La Porte City, Iowa, United States. It was built as a depot for the Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad, an interurban system. The system began in 1885 as the Waterloo Street Railway Co., and grew to include routes to Cedar Falls (1897), Denver, Iowa (1901), and Waverly (1906). In 1912 it was expanded to Cedar Rapids, and this building was constructed at that time. It is a single-story, brick, Georgian Revival structure. It served as a depot until 1928, when it was replaced by a new building that was more freight focused rather than passenger focused as this depot was. This building was acquired by La Porte City at that time for use as a city hall. The community's public library was organized in 1945, and it was located here as well. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The library has subsequently been moved to a different building on Main Street."-Wikipedia, 29 September 2022.

Proceedings
Proceedings

Author: Iowa Street and Interurban Railway Association

Publisher:

Published: 1912

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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American Shortline Railway Guide
American Shortline Railway Guide

Author: Edward A. Lewis

Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780890242902

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This edition lists nearly 600 shortline and regional railroads in the United States and Canada. Includes the history, radio frequency, locomotive roster and other information for each line as well as diesel profiles and a listing of past shortlines.

The Iowa Route
The Iowa Route

Author: Donovan L. Hofsommer

Publisher: Railroads Past and Present

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 9780253014672

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The Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway was an important part of the commercial life of the upper Midwest during the age of railways. Don L. Hofsommer uses the BC&N as the vehicle for his investigation of the birth, evolution, and disappearance of an important regional carrier, offering an inside look at the struggles of a small railway to stay relevant while railroad empires were being built. More than a bit player, the BC&N might have become even more important had plans gone forward to utilize its rails in a campaign to reach the Pacific. The struggle of the Cedar Rapids road and its corporate ancestors to place Minneapolis–St. Paul and St. Louis in competition with Chicago via a north/south route forms a major part of the book's narrative, and the book also offers a history of the company's three-state service territory (Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota) from the dawn of the age of railways into the 20th century. The book includes more than 200 photographs selected from Hofsommer's extensive library of historic photographs documenting the history of the BC&N Railway.