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Pathways

  • Railroad Challenges
  • Railroads Create Change
  • What Time is It? Railroads Bring Standard Time
  • On Track With the Burlington
  • Automobiles
  • Railroads

How is rail travel still active in Iowa? How has travel by rail changed over time?

Media Artifacts

  • Steam Train
    Steam Train
  • Train on Snow Covered Tracks, Forest City, 1936
    Train on Snow Covered Tracks, Forest City, 1936
  • Railroad Tracks Across Iowa
    Railroad Tracks Across Iowa
  • Iowa Soldier, WWII
    Iowa Soldier, WWII

Investigation Tip:
Enjoy discovering your pathway. What was it like to travel by rail back then? Put yourself in history.

Web Sites

  • Learn about the history of the railroad industry in Iowa.
  • Article describing the growth of Iowa railroad systems in the late 1800s
  • Simulated travel guide explaining details of riding the railroad in the late 1800s
  • 2,600+ photographs documenting railroad depots captured in the late 1800s into the 1980s; includes depictions of trains, tracks, signs, stations and travelers
  • Current information about Amtrak Rail Passenger service in Iowa
  • Article about the CB&Q Mark Twain Zephyr, a legendary rail streamliner
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