IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa Interstate Railroad will purchase 30 acres in Iowa City’s Industrial Campus for a new rail-to-truck transloading facility, the railroad and city have announced.
In addition to being adjacent to the Iowa Interstate mainline, the facility, set to open this summer, is close to Interstate 80 and U.S. routes 6 and 218.
“As part of our continuing growth strategy, Iowa Interstate Railroad is excited to have successfully acquired this parcel from our friends and neighbors at the City of Iowa City for the development of this new transloading facility,” Iowa Interstate CEO Joe Parsons said in a press release. “As we have seen with the numerous other transloading sites existing along our network, these facilities provide significant value to our customers and open the door for many other companies to become rail shippers.”
City Manager Geoff Fruin said Iowa City is “proud to partner with Iowa Interstate Railroad on this project, which will both support existing industry and help attract new business to the Iowa City area. The transportation sector accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions nationally and a quarter of our emissions locally. Projects like this are an excellent example of how actions on the local level contribute to solutions at a larger scale. “
Maybe they will get some service from the Union Pacific to and From Council Bluffs and Blue Island for the CSX
Proctoring & Gamble has a large soap factory and a distribution warehouse there.
This site is right next to the Iowa City Industrial district with lots of leads and sidings nearby. It also helps that there is a Amazon HC1 less than a mile west of the site.