Re: [CBQ] Ore Cars on the K-Line?

["Steven Fye via groups.io" <fyesteven66=gmail.com@groups.io>]

I was thinking the Barstow line to Galesburg like the granite City trains used and then to the transcon at Cameron and to the Hannibal line at Ft Madison if a connection exists.

Steven Fye

On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 12:14 AM Ken Vandevoort via groups.io <countrydepottrains=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

There was an announcement today that a $15 billion dollar steel plant will be built in Lee County, Iowa.  That would be Fort Madison and Keokuk.  The company's head mentioned the ore from Minnesota would be delivered by rail.  Realistically, there is only one possibility.  I am guessing CPKC to BNSF at Ottumwa, over the main line to Burlington and down the K-Line to the plant.  I am excited by the prospect of seeing ore cars in my backyard.  Lee County needs this and it will also have an effect on Des Moines, Henry and Van Buren counties and Illinois counties across the Mississippi.

 

Ken Vandevoort

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