Iowa Rail Toolkit
The Iowa Rail Toolkit was created to provide new freight rail users and economic development professionals with a basic introduction to rail freight shipping concepts, practices and access. Resources are included to help make shipping by rail in Iowa easier and more understandable. A directory of Iowa railroad companies is included listing contact information and a basic profile of each network.
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- Are you a rail shipper?
- Success stories
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- Selecting rail as a mode
- Mode transportation comparisons
- Alternate access to railroads: transloading, team track and public warehouses
- Intermodal
- Carload
- Rail cars
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- Site selection criteria
- Rail planning and design
- Iowa Economic Development Authority resources
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- Financing and business assistance
- Finance case studies
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- Third party logistics services
- Publications
- Trade associations
- Education and certification
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