The Keokuk Junction Railway Co. , is a Class III railroad in the U.S. states of Illinois and Iowa. It is a subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp. History The present company was incorporated in 1980 as the Keokuk Northern Real Estate Co., formed in May 1980 to purchase of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad yard track in Keokuk, Iowa. The KJRY obtained that trackage in 1981. In December 1986, the KJRY bought, from the Santa Fe Railway, of trackage consisting of the LaHarpe line and Warsaw line from Keokuk/Warsaw, Illinois to LaHarpe, Illinois, formerly owned by the Toledo, Peoria and Western. Pioneer Railcorp filed with the Surface Transportation Board to acquire 66.62% of KNRECO, Inc. (the KJRY) from majority shareholder John Warfield, and purchased KNRECO in March 1996. The KJRY bought from LaHarpe to Lomax, Illinois plus assigned trackage rights from Lomax to Fort Madison, Iowa in December 2011; and from the Toledo, Peoria and Western from LaHarpe to Peoria, Illinois in February 2005. Brookhaven Rail Partners acquired Pioneer Rail corporation on July 31, 2019. 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 References External links A Tribute to the Keokuk Junction Railway — information about the KJRY prior to 1996 purchase Illinois railroads Iowa railroads Keokuk, Iowa Pioneer Lines Spin-offs of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Switching and terminal railroads