Rail links

Federal Agencies

• Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
• Federal Highway Administration, Freight Management & Operations
• Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
• Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis
  (Rail accident statistics)
• Library of Congress
• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
• Surface Transportation Board (STB)
• Transportation Research Board (TRB)
• Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
• U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT)

Federal Legislative Bodies and Resources

• Code of Federal Regulations
• Federal Register
• Regulations.gov
• United States Code
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate

State Legislative Bodies and Resources

• Iowa General Assembly (Iowa House and Iowa Senate)
• Iowa Law (Iowa Code and Iowa Administrative Code)

Organizations

• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
• AASHTO's Standing Committee on Rail Transportation (SCORT)
• American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA)
• American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA)
• Association of American Railroads (AAR)
• Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers
• Iowa League of Cities
• Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC)
• North American Rail Shippers Association (NARS)
• Operation Lifesaver

Railroads

• Railroad contacts for emergencies, public works representatives, industrial development and intermodal managers, community concerns and government affairs.
• Railroad websites
  1. Amtrak
  2. BNSF Railway
  3. Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad
  4. Burlington Junction Railway
  5. CN (owner of Cedar River Railroad and Chicago, Central and Pacific Railroad)
  6. Canadian Pacific Railway (owner of Dakota, Minneapolis & Eastern Railroad)
  7. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway
  8. D&I Railroad Co.
  9. Iowa Interstate Railroad
  10. Iowa Northern Railway (also operates D&W Railroad and North Central Iowa Rail Corridor)
  11. Norfolk Southern Railway Company
  12. Pioneer Railcorp
  13. Progressive Rail (owner of Iowa Traction Railway)
  14. Union Pacific Railroad Company