Iowa Traction Railway
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43.135°N 93.280°W / 43.135; -93.280
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Headquarters | Mason City, Iowa |
Reporting mark | IATR |
Dates of operation | 1897 (1897)– |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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The Iowa Traction Railway Company (reporting mark IATR), formerly the Iowa Traction Railroad Company, is a class III shortline railroad operating in the United States as a common carrier. It was originally founded in 1896 as the Mason City and Clear Lake Railway, a passenger carrier. Business has been exclusively freight since 1937. One of the only remaining freight railroads in the United States to use electric locomotives, the company's main line connects Mason City and Clear Lake, Iowa. The railroad also serves Rorick Park near Mason City.