Keokuk Junction Railway Explained

Railroad Name:	Keokuk Junction Railway
Marks:	KJRY
Locale:	Central and western Illinois; Keokuk, Iowa
Start Year:	(current company)
Gauge:	Standard gauge
Length:	126miles operated + 15.5miles trackage rights
Hq City:	Peoria County, Illinois Keokuk, Iowa

The Keokuk Junction Railway Co., is a Class III railroad in the U.S. states of Illinois and Iowa.^[1] It was formerly a subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp,^[2] but now operates as a subsidiary of Patriot Rail Company.^[3]

History

The present company was incorporated in 1980 as the Keokuk Northern Real Estate Co.,^[4] formed in May 1980 to purchase 4.5miles of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad yard track in Keokuk, Iowa.^[5] The KJRY obtained that trackage in 1981.^[6] In December 1986, the KJRY bought, from the Santa Fe Railway, 33.5miles of trackage consisting of the LaHarpe line and Warsaw line from Keokuk/Warsaw, Illinois to LaHarpe, Illinois,^{[6] [5]} formerly owned by the Toledo, Peoria and Western.^[4]

Pioneer Railcorp filed with the Surface Transportation Board to acquire 66.62% of KNRECO, Inc. (the KJRY) from majority shareholder John Warfield,^[7] and purchased KNRECO in March 1996.^[5]

The KJRY bought 12.1miles from LaHarpe to Lomax, Illinois plus assigned trackage rights from Lomax to Fort Madison, Iowa in December 2011; and 76miles from the Toledo, Peoria and Western from LaHarpe to Peoria, Illinois in February 2005.^{[6] [5]}

Brookhaven Rail Partners acquired Pioneer Rail corporation on July 31, 2019.^[8]

Connections

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad - Keokuk, Iowa, Bushnell, Illinois, and Peoria, Illinois
• Canadian National Railway - Peoria, Illinois
• Illinois and Midland Railroad - Peoria, Illinois
• Iowa Interstate Railroad - Peoria, Illinois
• Norfolk Southern Railroad - Peoria, Illinois
  • Pioneer Industrial Railway - Peoria, Illinois Tazewell and Peoria Railroad - Peoria, Illinois
• Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway - Hollis, Illinois
• Union Pacific Railroad - Fort Madison, Iowa and Peoria, Illinois

External links

• • A Tribute to the Keokuk Junction Railway - information about the KJRY prior to 1996 purchase

Notes and References

1. http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/UNID/A7123707CEB450D685256DCF00786722/$file/34033.pdf Surface Transportation Board Decision, STB Finance Docket No. 34397: Keokuk Junction Railway Company–Alternative Rail Service–Line of Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway Corporation
2. Web site: Keokuk Junction Railway Co. . . . 2013-10-04 .
3. Web site: Keokuk Junction Railway (KJRY) . 2024-08-18 . . en-US.
4. Web site: Form 8-K (current report), document 0000796374-96-000003 . Pioneer Railcorp . Pioneer Railcorp . . Washington, D.C. . 1996-02-20 . 2013-10-04 .
5. Web site: Keokuk Junction Railroad Co. (KJRY). . 14 March 2022.
6. Web site: Keokuk Junction Railway Company KJRY #365 . Short Line Railroad Directory . 14 March 2022 . Union Pacific.
7. Williams . Vernon . 1996-03-26 . Pioneer Railcorp; Acquisition of Control Exemption; KNRECO, Inc., d/b/a/ Keokuk Junction Railway . . 61 . 59 . GovInfo.
8. Web site: 2019-07-31 . Related, Brookhaven Rail Partners, and Stephens Complete Acquisition of Pioneer Railcorp, A Premier Owner of Short-Line Railroads and Railroad Related Businesses . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20201123153933/https://pioneer-railcorp.com/2019/07/31/related-brookhaven-rail-partners-and-stephens-complete-acquisition-of-pioneer-railcorp-a-premier-owner-of-short-line-railroads-and-railroad-related-businesses/ . 2020-11-23 . Pioneer Railcorp.