BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After being pulled from the City Council agenda two weeks ago, final agreements between the City of Fort Madison and Amtrak regarding the relocation of the rail [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – If a vote were taken at Tuesday’s meeting, the Fort Madison City Council may have wiped their hands clean of moving the Amtrak Depot back to Riverview [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – For over a dozen years, the city has been kicking around the idea of moving the Amtrak rail depot back to Riverview Park. Former mayors John Wright [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison officials continue to help work toward a pending bridge study to examine potential improvements to the Burlington-Northern Santa Fe double deck swingspan bridge that connects [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison City Council will have to vote once again on a finalized version of the sublease agreement with the railroad to move forward with it’s [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Burlington-Northern Santa Fe bridge in Fort Madison will be closed on Saturday according to city officials. At Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Fort Madison City Council, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Burlington Northern Santa Fe crews were on the scene of a multi-car derailment in Lee County Monday morning. The derailment occurred south of Fort Madison about 1/4 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison will pitch in up to $72,000 toward a comprehensive study of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe bridge that spans the Mississippi River on the city’s [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Area economic officials are looking into the possibility of a feasibility study to determine if changes could be made to the BNSF bridge in Fort Madison to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A Fort Madison city official was part of a conference call Thursday with Amtrak rail officials regarding the proposed relocation of the rail line’s passenger depot to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – BNSF Railway Co., has closed all at-grade railroad crossings in Fort Madison from 6th Street up to 27th Street effective today. The crossing at 2nd Street which [Read More…]
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