Editing Atlantic, Iowa (section)

===Railroads===
Atlantic is served by the [[Iowa Interstate Railroad]], a successor to the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad]]. Until 1970 the [[Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot (Atlantic, Iowa)|Rock Island Railroad Atlantic depot]] served a daily Council Bluffs - Chicago train.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Rock Island Lines, Table 1 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=102 |issue=12 |date=May 1970}}</ref><ref>Paul C. Nelson, University of Iowa, ‘Annals of Iowa,’ ca. 1971, “Rise and Decline of the Rock Island Passenger Train in the 20th Century,” Part II, p. 751 https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/annals-of-iowa/article/6748/galley/115521/view/</ref>  The railroad has one daily job, a local known as “The Rover”, that starts and ends its shift in Atlantic. From Atlantic service is provided to customers between [[Hancock, Iowa|Hancock]] and [[Des Moines]]. The town also sees two daily through freights. Daily [[Amtrak]] service is in Omaha, 58 miles to the west and Creston, 58 miles to the southeast.