Surviving Iowa Railroad Stations

Ackley: Originally built by the Illinois Central, used as a museum.

Adaza: Originally built by the Milwaukee Road, privately owned.

Adel: Originally built by the Milwaukee Road, used as a business.

Akron: Originally built by the Milwaukee Road, used as a business.

Albert City: Originally built by the Milwaukee Road, used as a museum.

Albia: The former freight depots of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway still stand. Also, the M&StL/Wabash passenger station remains.

Algona: Originally built by the Chicago & North Western Railway, vacant.

Alta: Originally built by the IC, used as a business.

Alton: The former freight depot of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad still stands, privately owned.

Amana: Originally built by the Milwaukee Road.

Ames: Originally built by the C&NW, used as a business.

Anamosa: Originally built by the Milwaukee Road, used as a museum.

Arthur: Originally built by the C&NW, used as a business.

Atlantic: Originally built by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.

Audubon: Originally built by the Rock Island, used as a business.

Aurelia: Originally built by the IC, moved to Storm Lake.

Bagley: Originally built by the Milwaukee Road, moved to Bayard.

Barnes City: Originally built by the Rock Island.

Bartlett: Originally built by the Burlington, used as a business.

Bayard: The original depot here was built by the Milwaukee.

Beaver: Originally built by the C&NW, used as a museum.

Bedford: Originally built by the Burlington, used as a museum.

Belle Plaine: Originally built by the C&NW, vacant.

Bettendorf: Originally built by the Davenport, Rock Island & North Western Railway.

Bloomfield: Originally built by the Burlington, used as a daycare center.

Bonaparte: Originally built by the Rock Island, moved to Bentonsport and used as a business.

Boone: Two former C&NW freight depots here still stand. Also, two former C&NW office buildings here still stand, owned by UP.

Booneville: Originally built by the Rock Island, privately owned.

Bouton: Originally built by the Milwaukee Road, privately owned.

Breda: Originally built by the C&NW, used as a museum.

Burlington: The original Burlington passenger station here still stands, as well as one owned by the Rock Island.

Burt: The original C&NW freight depot here still stands.

Bussey: Originally built by the Wabash, relocated from Knoxville.

Calamus: Originally built by the C&NW, privately owned.

Calmar: Originally built by the Milwaukee Road, used as a municipal building.

Calumet: Originally built by the IC.

Camanche: Originally built by the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad. Also, the former DRI&NW passenger station here still stands, used as a museum.

Cambridge: The original Rock Island freight depot here still stands.

Carnforth: Originally built by the Rock Island.

Carroll: Originally built by the Chicago Great Western Railway, used by the local chamber of commerce. Also, the C&NW's passenger depot here still stands as well as two freight depots.

Cartersville: Originally built by the C&NW, privately owned.

Cedar: Originally built by the Burlington, privately owned.

Cedar Falls: Originally built by the Rock Island, used as a business.

Cedar Rapids: Originally built by the Milwaukee Road, used as a museum. Also, the former BCR&N office building here still stands, used as a business.

Centerville: Originally built by the Burlington. Also, the former Rock Island depot here still stands.

Central City: Originally built by the IC.

Chariton: The former Burlington freight and passenger depots here still stand as well as the former Rock Island passenger depot.

Charles City: Originally built by the Milwaukee Road.

Cherokee: Originally built by the IC, used as a museum. Also, the former IC freight depot here still stands.

Clarinda: Originally built by the Burlington, used by local community college. Also, the former CB&Q freight depot here still stands.

Clarion: The former CGW passenger station here still stands, as well as the Rock Island's former passenger station.

Clarksville: Originally built by the CGW.

Clear Lake: Originally built by the Milwaukee Road, privately owned.

Cleghorn: Originally built by the Illinois Central, privately owned.

Clermont: Originally built by the Rock Island.

Clinton: The original freight and passenger stations built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands. Also, the former C&NW freight and passenger stations here still stand, used as businesses.

Clive: The original passenger station built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum.

Cornell: The original passenger depot built by the M&StL here still stands, privately owned.

Corning: The original passenger station built by the CB&Q here still stands.

Corydon: The original passenger station built by the CB&Q here still stands.

Council Bluffs: Passenger stations built by the Rock Island and CGW here still stand.

Creston: The original passenger station built by the CB&Q here still stands.

Cylinder: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Dallas Center: The original passenger depot built by the M&StL here still stands, used as a business.

Davenport: Davenport Union Station (CMStP&P, DRI&NW, and Burlington) remains restored as a welcome center. Also freight depots of the Milwaukee Road and Rock Island still stand.

Dawson: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Dayton: The original passenger depot built by the M&StL here still stands.

Decorah: The original passenger depots built by the Milwaukee Road and Rock Island here still stand. Also, the former CMStP&P freight depot remains.

Deep River: The original freight depot built by the C&NW here still stands.

Delmar: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum.

Denison: The original passenger depots built by the C&NW and IC here still stand.

Des Moines: The original passenger stations built by the CGW and Rock Island still stands.

Dike: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands.

Donahue: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Donnellson: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a museum.

Douds: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Dows: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island remains, used as a welcome center.

Dubuque: The original passenger and freight depots built by the CB&Q here still stand, used as a museum.

Dunkerton: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands.

Durham: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, vacant.

Earlham: The original freight depot built by the Rock Island here still stands.

Eldon: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Eldora: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a welcome center.

Elkader: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Ellsworth: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, privately owned.

Elma: The original passenger and freight depots built by the CGW here still stand, used as a museum.

Elmira: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, privately owned.

Fairfield: The original passenger depots built by the Rock Island and CB&W here still stand. Also, the CB&Q freight depot remains.

Farmersville: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Farmington: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands.

Farragut: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q remains, vacant.

Fayette: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum.

Fonda: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands.

Fontanelle: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a museum and moved to Greenfield.

Forest City: The original passenger depot built by the M&StL here still stands.

Fort Atkinson: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Fort Dodge: The original passenger depots built by the CGW and M&StL here still stand. Also, the IC's freight depot remains.

Fort Madison: The original passenger depots built by the Santa Fe and CB&Q here still stand. Also, the AT&SF's freight depot remains.

Fostoria: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Fredericksburg: The original passenger depot built by the CGW here still stands, used as a museum.

Gaynor: The original freight depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a business.

Gaza: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, privately owned.

George: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, privately owned.

Glenwood: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands.

Gowrie: The original passenger depot built by the M&StL here still stands.

Grafton: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum.

Greene: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Greenfield: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, gutted. Also, the CB&Q's passenger depot from Fontanelle is used as the Heritage Center Museum here.

Grinnell: The original passenger depot built by the M&StL here still stands, used as a business.

Guttenburg: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Hampton: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Harlan: The original passenger depots built by the C&NW and CB&Q here still stand.

Harvey: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, moved to Durham.

Haverhill: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Hawarden: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a municipal building.

Hedrick: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road/M&StL here still stands, used as a business.

Hillsboro: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, moved to Mt. Pleasant and used as a museum.

Holmes: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, privately owned.

Hopkinton: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Hornick: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum.

Hudson: The original passenger depot built by the CGW here still stands, used as a museum.

Humboldt: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, used as a business.

Humeston: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a museum.

Ida Grove: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands.

Independence: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, used as a museum.

Iowa City: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a business.

Jefferson: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum.

Kalona: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Keokuk: The original passenger depot built by the Toledo, Peoria & Western here still stands, owned by the Keokuk Junction Railway. Also, Keokuk Union Depot (CB&Q, Wabash Railroad, Rock Island) remains, vacant.

Knierim: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands.

Knoxville: The original passenger depot built by the Wabash here still stands.

Lake City: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a business.

Lake Park: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, restored.

Lake View: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, privately owned.

Lamoni: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a municipal building.

La Motte: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a business and museum.

La Porte City: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, owned by the Iowa Northern Railway.

Leeds: The original passenger depot built by the Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad here still stands, used as a business.

Lehigh: The original passenger depot built by the CGW here still stands, used as a museum.

Lenox: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands.

Leon: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands.

Lester: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a business.

Levertt: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, restored.

Lidderdale: The original passenger depot built by the CGW here still stands.

Lone Rock: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a museum.

Lone Tree: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands.

Lorimor: The original passenger depot built by the CGW here still stands, used as a business.

Lowden: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a museum.

Luana: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a business.

Lyons: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Maclay: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a business.

Lenox: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands.

Mallard: The original passenger depot built by the M&StL here still stands.

Manchester: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands.

Manson: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands.

Marengo: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Marathon: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Marion: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Marquette: The original passenger and freight depots built by the Milwaukee Road here still stand.

Marshalltown: The original freight depot built by the M&StL here still stands.

Martelle: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, privately owned.

Marion: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Mason City: The original passenger depots built by the Milwaukee Road and CGW here still stand.

McPaul: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, privately owned.

Melbourne: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Meriden: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, privately owned.

Milton: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands.

Minburn: The original passenger depot built by the Des Moines Valley Railroad here still stands.

Moingona: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a museum.

Moorehead: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a museum.

Moravia: The original passenger depots built by the Milwaukee Road and Wabash here still stand.

Mt. Ayr: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a museum.

Mt. Pleasant: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as an Amtrak stop.

Nashua: The original passenger depots built by the IC and CGW here still stand, the former used as a museum.

New Albin: The original passenger and freight depots built by the Milwaukee Road here still stand.

Newton: The original passenger and freight depots built by the Rock Island here still stand. Also, the former passenger depot of the M&StL remains.

Oelwein: The original passenger depot built by the CGW here still stands, used as a municipal building.

Ogden: The original passenger depot built by the M&StL here still stands.

Olin: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum.

Onawa: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a museum.

Osage: The original passenger depots built by the CGW and IC here still stand.

Osborne: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum and welcome center.

Osceola: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, owned by BNSF.

Oskaloosa: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands.

Ottumwa: The second passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands (built in the 1950s, the original was constructed in the 1890s), used as a museum and Amtrak stop. Also, a former Rock Island freight depot remains.

Owasa: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a welcome center.

Panora: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum.

Parkersburg: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, used as a museum.

Pella: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Perry: The original passenger depot built by the M&StL here still stands, vacant.

Pilot Grove: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, privately owned.

Pisgah: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a municipal building.

Plainfield: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, used as a municipal building.

Pocahontas: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Pomery: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, used as offices.

Preston: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Primghar: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, privately owned.

Pulaski: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands.

Redfield: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Red Oak: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a museum.

Riceville: The original freight depot built by the CGW here still stands.

Rockford: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Rock Rapids: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Rock Valley: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Rubio: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Sac City: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a business.

Saint Ansgor: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands.

Scotch Grove: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Sergeant Bluff: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands.

Sheldon: The original passenger depot built by the CStPM&O here still stands, used by a business. Also, the former IC freight depot here still stands, privately owned.

Shenandoah: The original passenger depots built by the CB&Q and Wabash here still stand.

Sioux Center: The original passenger depot built by the Great Northern Railway here still stands, owned by BNSF.

Sioux City: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as offices. Also, the former freight depots of the Milwaukee and IC here still stand.

Sioux Rapids: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, privately owned.

Spencer: The original passenger depot built by the M&StL here still stands.

Spirit Lake: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum.

Stacyville: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, privately owned.

Stanhope: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a museum and business.

Stockport: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a museum.

Storm Lake: The original passenger depots built by the IC and M&StL here still stand.

Story City: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, moved to Randall and privately owned.

Stuart: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, vacant.

Sulfur Springs: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, privately owned.

Tara: The original passenger depot built by the M&StL here still stands, abandoned.

Titonka: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands.

Traer: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a business.

Triboji Beach: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a business.

Turin: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, privately owned.

Ute: The original passenger depots built by the Milwaukee Road and C&NW here still stand, both privately owned.

Victor: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a museum.

Villisca: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands.

Vinton: The original passenger and freight depots built by the Rock Island here still stands.

Volga: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, privately owned.

Wadena: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, owned by the city.

Walker: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Wall Lake: The original passenger depot built by the C&NW here still stands.

Washington: The original passenger depots built by the Milwaukee Road and CB&Q here still stand. Also, two former Rock Island passenger stations and a freight depot here remain.

Waterloo: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a business. Also the former CGW freight depot here remains, used as a business.

Waucoma: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, privately owned.

Waverly: The original passenger depots built by the CGW and Rock Island here still stand, used as businesses.

Webb: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a business.

Webster City: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, used as a business.

Weldon: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands.

Wesley: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

West Chester: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, privately owned.

West Des Moines: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a business.

West Liberty: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Williams: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands.

Wilton: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Winterset: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a museum.

Wiota: The original passenger depot built by the Rock Island here still stands, privately owned.

Woodbine: The original passenger depot built by the IC here still stands, used as a museum.

Woodward: The original passenger depot built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a business.

Wyman: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, privately owned.

Yarmouth: The original passenger depot built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a museum.

Zearing: The original passenger depot built by the M&StL here still stands, used as a business.

Zwingle: The original passenger depot built by the Bellevue & Cascade Railroad, privately owned.

Thanks to Jack McLaughlin for help with the information on this page.

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